Panda-painted Elephants

By Miss Cellania in Animals & Pets on Jun 26, 2009 at 12:47 pm

The elephant is the national symbol of Thailand. But lately, citizens have been going crazy for pandas. Zookeepers feel that the elephants aren’t getting enough attention, and made their point by painting the elephants to look like pandas!

Slathering them in white watercolour paint, the keepers at the Ayutthaya Elephant Kraal then paraded the five elephants before schoolchildren in an effort to remind Thailand that its elephants have needs, too.

The furore was sparked after the nation became fascinated with the birth of a female panda cub to pandas Lin Hui and Xuang Xuang at Chiang Mai zoo.

The Bangkok Post also reported that a 20 million baht (£355,800) snow house was being built for the panda family at the zoo.

Link -via Unique Daily

Tags: elephants, pandas, thailand

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Hiddnfox
Jun 26th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Should that be Elephants ‘Aren’t’ getting enough attention. Poor things, getting all painted up like that. Would probably get more attention if you dressed them up in some sexy elephant lingerie.
Skipweasel
Jun 26th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Just pandering to public fickleness.
Miss Cellania
Jun 26th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Thanks, Hiddnfox, fixed.
Johnny Cat
Jun 26th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Thai zookeepers, ur doing it wrong.
Ali S.
Jun 26th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
Poor elephants.
JW
Jun 26th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
This is not a zoo, it’s an elephant “sanctuary”. None of the keepers(mahouts) have a say in what their elephants get to do or not, that responsibility usually falls on the owner of the place or the managers. This is no different from what they do for Valentines Day, Songkran (a major Thai New Year holiday), Christmas and other festivals.
So, do not blame it on the keepers/mahouts, they work hard (long hours, 7 days a week, no holidays) for very very very little pay.
Kalel
Jun 26th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Hannibal’s police squad.
Kalel
Jun 26th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Anyway, it’ll rinse right off. Just get a hose — they have their trunks on.
SenorMysterioso
Jun 26th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Horray for pandaphants
OddNumber
Jun 26th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
Reminds me of the photoshop contest a while back where the goal was to hide elephants in plain sight:www.neatorama.com/2008/07/03/how-to-hide-an-elephant/.
Johnny Cat
Jun 27th, 2009 at 12:49 am
ha, OddNumber…great one. and a comment from the mysterious Neatoramawontsendmeapassword who has gone…somewhere. I wonder if Neatorama ever sent him/her a password.
Frau
Jun 27th, 2009 at 11:36 am
“I am a Panda”

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