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Dear Supporter,

Merry Christmas from everyone at GVI Huay Pakoot and the GVI Charitable Trust

What a year for our elephants! Thanks to your support and donations, our three elephants, Mae Sah Jah, Khum Suk and Mario have thrived in the forest. These three elephants have been taken from the tourism industry and are now able to live their lives in the forest surrounding the village of Huay Pakoot, thanks to you. The funding from GVI Charitable Trust directly provides these three elephants with an opportunity to escape the tourist industry and live their lives as elephants should, roaming and foraging in the forest. 

We also managed to start on the elephant clinic this year, as well as providing more Mahouts with basic Elephant first aid training, in memory on Songkran. 

We have also seen our Biodiversity Assessment Surveys thrive! The purpose of these surveys is to gain a better understanding of what wildlife exists in our forest, especially as the surrounding area hasn’t yet been studied. The forests in Northern Thailand were once rich in biodiversity; unfortunately, due to the human impact on the environment, this has decreased mainly due to settlement, agriculture and hunting. Northern Thailand is still very much an under researched region, giving us an ideal opportunity to perhaps either discover new and rare species, or animal behaviors. A long-term aim is to educate the villagers and volunteers on the area’s biodiversity in order to help preserve forest ecosystems.

We sincerely hope, with your support, that this project continues to grow into 2015. The more funds we can bring in, the more elephants we can rescue from horrific circumstances and reintroduce back into a natural habitat, so thank you!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

All the best

GVI Charitable Trust

Links:

• http://www.gvi.org

Dear Supporter, 

GVI Charitable Trust funds, received through GlobalGiving supporters like you, support three elephants, Mae Sah Jah, Khum Suk and Mario.  These three elephants have been taken from the tourism industry and are now able to live their lives in the forest surrounding the village of Huay Pakoot. 

Khum Suk is a 62 year old female.  She has been part of GVI since June 2013, when she returned to Huay Pakoot from a tourist camp with her daughter Kha Moon and her granddaughter Lulu.  Before joining GVI, Khum Suk spent many years in tourist camps and in the logging industry.  Funded by GVI Charitable Trust, she is able to forage in the forest next to her daughter Kha Moon.

Mae Sah Jah is a 41 year old female.  She was originally brought back to the forest surrounding Huay Pakoot as part of the Community Conservation Group, but was added to GVI in June 2013.  Previously, she was giving rides and performing tricks in tourist camps, and before that she was used in logging.  Mae Sah Jah now spends her days in the forest with GVI’s other elephants Mana and Thong Dee.

Mario, a 4 year old male, is Mae Sah Jah’s son.  He is still part of the Community Conservation Group but is also funded by GVI Charitable Trust.  Mario was born in a tourist camp where he lived for two years.  In the camp, his mother Mae Sah Jah stopped producing milk so they were brought back to Huay Pakoot.  As a result of the lack of milk, Mario had become malnourished but was able to regain his health while living in the forest.  Mario is now a healthy juvenile with a playful and very boisterous personality. 

The funding from GVI Charitable Trust directly provides these three elephants with an opportunity to escape the tourist industry and live their lives as elephants should, roaming and foraging in the forest. 

Thank you for supporting this project.

All the best

GVI Thailand

Links:

• http://www.gvi.org