Locals use model elephant for religious parade instead of live animal amid exploitation concerns
Published date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 15:19:27 +0700
Locals used a model elephant for a religious parade amid concerns over the animals' exploitation in Thailand.
Instead of live jumbos, villagers in costumes rode on a life-sized pachyderm figure for the Boon Phawade Faie procession in the Mueang Loei district of Loei province on March 22.