Our Elephants

Bella is the newest elephant to Happy Elephant Home. She arrived at the end of 2019 whilst she was 16 months pregnant.
She is the youngest in the herd at only 15 years old.
She has previously worked in the circus as a baby until she got too big when she was moved to a tourist riding camp.
Bella quickly became too big and pregnant to have people riding in a basket on her back so came to stay at Happy Elephant Home.
She has a short tail due to another elephant biting it.
She is a very curious elephant and is always the first there when food is around.
She loves to spend time in the river and mud pit.
Her mahout is Tanai.

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Tong Bai came to happy elephant home in 2015 and is now 42 years old.
In Thai her name means ‘golden leaf’.
She started her working life as a logging elephant but there was an accident that injured her knees and hip so was taken to be a riding elephant instead.
She still has the imprint of the basket on her back which makes her easy to spot in the herd.
Due to her untreated injuries she is unable to bend her back left leg and so has to swing her leg when she walks.
She is a very gentle, slow old elephant.
Her mahout is Johnny.

Molo was the first elephant to arrive at Happy Elephant Home in 2014.
She is the oldest, at 48 years old and the smallest elephant in the herd.
She was rescued from the logging industry.
She is blind in her right eye and because of this she moves very slowly.
Her best friend in the herd is Bella. The only time you see Molo move quickly is when Bella calls to her.
Her mahout is Shi.