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Laos, nicknamed the "Kingdom of the Million Elephants", now houses more than 800 individuals. A French woman decided to act. Wendy Legatt created the "Mekong Elephant Park", on the banks of this river that marks the border with Thailand, a reserve where she retires abused elephants she buys. Acquished one by one to their owners thanks to donations from former patrons, they now live freely in a huge forest park.
Laos, nicknamed the "Kingdom of the Million Elephants", now houses more than 800 individuals. A French woman decided to act. Wendy Legatt created the "Mekong Elephant Park", on the banks of this river that marks the border with Thailand, a reserve where she retires abused elephants she buys. Acquished one by one to their owners thanks to donations from former patrons, they now live freely in a huge forest park.
