Thais come to the aid of elephant<\/p>\n
BANGKOK (AFP): A group of Thai specialists will leave for
\nIndonesia in two weeks to tend to a sick elephant and bring the
\nanimal back home, a government minister said Friday.<\/p>\n
\"The mission will leave Bangkok on June 17 ... and then travel
\nby boat to (the Indonesian province of) Aceh,\" where they will
\ntry to rescue an ailing 35-year-old elephant named Plai Kingkaoe,
\nsaid Pavena Hongsakul, the office minister for the prime
\nminister.<\/p>\n
Plai Kingkaoe is the sole survivor of a group of four of the
\nanimals sent to Banda Aceh in 1986.<\/p>\n
He needs to return to his home in Thailand to recuperate, the
\nminister said.<\/p>\n
The specialists from the Thai Elephant Camp have already
\nrescued six other sick Thai elephants in Indonesia.<\/p>\n
Upon his return to Thailand, Plai Kingkaoe will be welcomed in
\nthe historical capital of Ayutthaya and then get some rest and
\nrecuperation.<\/p>\n
Elephants have long been Thailand's national symbol. The Thai
\nmonarch previously had a stable of white elephants, and the
\npachyderms once graced the country's currency.<\/p>",
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