1. ❖Elephants require thousands of pounds of fresh vegetables and clean water daily which is not found in the inner cities

  2. ❖City streets have numerous dangers so elephants get sick from breathing exhaust fumes, drinking dirty water, limited poor quality food, walking over concrete pavements, and car accidents

  3. ❖The mahouts and their elephants live under a bypass on the outskirts of the city during the day and walk several miles on the hot roads into the city to work

  4. ❖The heat from the road is incredibly painful for the elephants sensitive feet

  5. ❖Loud music, crowds of people, fear, stress, disorientation, beatings and drugging lead elephants to physical and mental breakdowns

  6. ❖Elephants have been known to rampage in order to escape

  7. ❖Street begging reduces an elephant’s life expectancy by at least 50%


  1. ❖Tourists warned not to feed street begging elephants

  2. ❖Elephants moved from Bangkok to natural habitat

  3. ❖Bangkoks elephant law

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Street begging elephants and their mahouts (elephant handlers) wander the city streets and bars in tourist areas from 6pm until midnight selling bags of sugarcane, pineapple and bananas which tourists, often drunk, then feed to the elephant. This is a terrible life for an elephant, listed below are reasons why:


  1. ❖The Thai government banned elephants from city streets in 2009 but mahouts still risk hefty fines and bring their elephants to the city

  2. ❖People caught feeding elephants may be fined up to 10,000 baht and a mahout could face a prison sentence of up to 6 months if caught

  3. ❖Tourists should NOT give money, pay to feed, or have photographs taken with elephants


Please CALL THE POLICE in your area if you see a street begging elephant or report to the National Park and Wildlife: 1362 (hotline) or 02 6514292 ext 733

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