Sentences with phrase «mahouts in»

Chris Wemmer, director of research at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo in Washington, has seen mahouts in Nepal stabbing their animals» heads with their ankuses (short spears, with a hook on one side) until they run with blood: «It was especially bad when we used the elephants to round up rhinos to put them into reserves.

Not exact matches

The mahouts vary enormously in every measurable respect.

Working with mahout — Asian elephant trainers — trained elephants at the Thai Elephant Conservation Center in Lampang, the researchers first taught individual animals to pull the rope with their trunks.

Yet in the best - run camps the once - wild elephants go on to establish what is sometimes a beautiful working relationship with their riders, the mahouts — though visitors are warned not to go close, unless the mahout is present.

Instead, the park's Mahouts, or keepers, organized them into six groups which they then guided through a daily routine — bathing and feeding them in the morning, and tethering them at night.

Small Shop Studio - Gorgeous girl's bedroom with built - in window seat in Celerie Kemble Bleecker Fabric in Absinthe cushion and bolster pillows accented with Mahout Multi Fabric pillows, HomeGoods ruffle pillow and Jonathan Adler Pink Junior Letter Pillow.

I felt very uncomfortable and sad when the mahouts (people who work with elephants) made a young animal with scars on the top of her head perform silly tricks in a small pen that was covered with barbed wire.

Scheduled at only one place, for just four days, in 2018 BANGKOK, Thailand ---- Elephant polo might in theory stagger on for years or even decades after the four - day 2018 King's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament ---- if the last tournament host, Anantara Hotels & Resorts, remains willing to pour promotional effort into it and mahouts have elephants to -LSB-...]

Adventurous Chase cardholders can spend two days and one night as a mahout, or elephant caregiver, at the Elephant Retirement Park in Thailand.

Don your very own mahout hat and interact with majestic elephants in their own habitat.

Don your very own mahout hat and interact with majestic rescued elephants in their own habitat.

Peter also talks to Candice Mahout, a journalist for BFM TV, who invites Peter out on a date to experience her favorite places in the city of lights.

With just 15 tented accommodations — unique in Four Seasons luxury, right down to the hand - hammered copper bathtubs — these all - inclusive three - or four - night adventures cover every detail, from elephant mahout training to Golden Triangle excursions; from formal campfire dinners to riverside drinks in the stilt - top bar.

When you stay at Mahout Resort in Luang Prabang, you'll be close to Elephant Village.The front desk is staffed during limited hours.A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary (available on request).

Inclusion: Welcome Drink; air conditioned return transfer in Ubud area; international standard safety equipment; professional & experienced Mahout (Elephant handler) & Chocolate Guide; Set Menu Lunch + one complimentary soft drink; a «herd» of chocolate elephants; tasting — fresh cocoa beans, cocoa nibs, Pod signature chocolates.