THAILAND | Tuesday, 11 December 2012 | Views [331] | View Larger Image
It’s about 4pm, and Lek is singing Faa Mae, the youngest elephant in the park, to sleep in her pen. Faa Mae nuzzles her parents’ legs and sways with the soft Thai lullaby. Lek, dwarfed by the “baby” and her cautious family, occasionally stops singing to shield her face from dirt flung by a nearby trunk.