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Portfolio - Thailand. Elephant Hospital. (nweb) 

A team of 30 veterinarians spent over three hours operating on the injured leg of Motala, a 3-ton cow elephant that stepped on a landmine on the Thai-Burma border. The operation involved cutting away 30 centimeters of shattered bone and flesh from her foreleg. Her veterinarians hope to fit her with a prosthetic device once the wound heals.

After playing a significant role in Thailand's history and economy for centuries, elephants, revered as a national symbol, are under threat from all sides. In an effort to save scores of injured elephants, all too often victims of overwork, drugging, and... 

Chien-Chi Chang 1997

THAILAND. Lampang. 1997. An elephant receives treatment for a... 

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THAILAND. Lampang. 1997. Elephant receives treatment for land... 

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THAILAND. 1997. Four-year-old Wan returns to the woods wearing... 

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THAILAND. 1997. Tied to an iron post, an elephant awaits treatment... 

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THAILAND. 1997. Northern Thailand. Asian elephants are endangered... 

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THAILAND. 1997. Pulling on the elephant's ear has a calming... 

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THAILAND. Lampang. 1997. An elephant that suffered a breast tumor... 

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THAILAND. Lampang. 1997. At the elephant hospital, an injured... 

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THAILAND. Lampang. 1997. The Thai Elephant Conservation Center's... 

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THAILAND. 1997. After her daily treatment at an adult elephant... 

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THAILAND. Lampang. 1997. An elephant keeper washes an ill elephant... 

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THAILAND. Lampang. 1997. Tourists are attracted to the elephants... 

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THAILAND. Lampang. 1997. After the daily treatment at an adult... 

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THAILAND. Lampang. 1997. An elephant suffering from infection... 

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THAILAND. Lampang. 1997. Two sick elephants receive treatment... 

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THAILAND. Lampang. 1997. A blind elephant receives comfort from... 

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THAILAND. Lampang. 1997. An elephant caretaker reacts to the... 

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THAILAND. Surin. 1997. Annual elephant round-up in the Surin... 

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THAILAND. 1997. Anti-logging laws take away elephant jobs; some... 

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THAILAND. 1997. An elephant takes a morning bath at an elephant... 

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THAILAND. 1997. Elephants haul logs in northern Thailand. The... 

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THAILAND. Surin. 1997. Annual elephant round-up in the Surin... 

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THAILAND. 1997. Elephants haul logs in northern Thailand. The... 

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THAILAND. 1997. Elephants haul logs in northern Thailand. The... 

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THAILAND. Lampang. 1999. Motala, a cow elephant whose left foreleg... 

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THAILAND. Lampang. 1999. Motala, a cow elephant whose left foreleg... 

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THAILAND. Lampang. 1999. Motala, a cow elephant whose left foreleg... 

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THAILAND. Lampang. 1999. Thai soldiers are deployed to help the... 

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THAILAND. Lampang. 1999. At Lampang's elephant hospital, Thai... 

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THAILAND. Lampang. 1999. Motala, a cow elephant whose left foreleg... 

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THAILAND. Lampang. 1999. At Lampang's elephant hospital, Thai... 

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THAILAND. Lampang. 1999. At Lampang's elephant hospital, Thai... 

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THAILAND. Lampang. 1999. Motala, a cow elephant whose left foreleg... 

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THAILAND. Lampang. 1999. Motala, a cow elephant whose left foreleg... 

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THAILAND. Lampang. 1999. An elephant caretaker plays with a young... 

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THAILAND. Lampang. 1999. Motala, a cow elephant whose left foreleg... 

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THAILAND. Lampang. 1999. Motala, a cow elephant whose left foreleg... 

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THAILAND. Lampang. 1999. Motala, a cow elephant whose left foreleg... 

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THAILAND. Lampang. 1999. Motala, a cow elephant whose left foreleg... 

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THAILAND. Lampang. 1999. Motala, a cow elephant whose left foreleg... 

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THAILAND. Lampang. 1999. An elephant suffering from skin disease... 

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THAILAND. Surin. 1999. Annual elephant round-up in the Surin... 

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THAILAND. Surin. 1999. Annual elephant round-up in the Surin... 

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THAILAND. Surin. 1999. An elephant en route to the annual elephant... 

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THAILAND. Surin. 1999. An elephant en route to the annual elephant... 

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THAILAND. Surin. 1999. Annual elephant round-up in the Surin... 
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