{"id":3092,"date":"2014-07-14T06:24:26","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T13:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tillthemoneyrunsout.com\/?p=3092"},"modified":"2015-03-16T16:34:04","modified_gmt":"2015-03-16T23:34:04","slug":"elephant-nature-park-chiang-mai-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tillthemoneyrunsout.com\/elephant-nature-park-chiang-mai-thailand\/","title":{"rendered":"Elephant Nature Park Chiang Mai, Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Tom and I visited Thailand for the first time a few years ago, we were super excited to interact with some of the large and magnificent animals that SE Asia is famous for. For years, I had heard stories about people riding elephants and cuddling with full-grown tigers. In the stories, I had heard these animals had been raised by monks, or just kindly Buddhists and had a trusting and cuddly nature due to being treated so well by humans. <\/p>\n

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After arriving in Chiang Mai and doing some research we found out the truth about these cruel animal parks. Animals are drugged, chained and mistreated. They are forced to interact with tourists posing for pictures and giving rides to avoid more pain and punishment. Or they are languishing about in wild animal drug dens, too out of it to act like the powerful beasts that they are. <\/p>\n

Luckily, we discovered that there is<\/em> a way to interact with elephants without supporting this cruel industry and we wrote our review of the Elephant Nature Park Chiang Mai<\/a> here after that first wonderful visit. <\/p>\n

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