Elephants get ready for polo
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Thailand’s highly popular King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament takes place March 31 to April 6 in the northern-most region of the country.
Event organiser Anantara Resorts said hosting the event in the far North ensures that the international spotlight is focused on the Golden Triangle region, the natural home of elephants.
The hotel said the World Wildlife Fund had declared that this sport poses no threat to the elephants participating in the games
As one of the games founding fathers, Jim Edwards of ‘Tiger Tops Jungle Lodge’ in Nepal puts it: “Elephants polo is like playing golf from the back of a slow – moving Range Rover.”
This popular event, ranked as the 6th largest event on the Thai tourism calendar was introduced to Thailand in 2001 and is a charitable event that raises money for the country’s National Elephant Institute in Lampang, Northern Thailand.
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