In 25 years passed treatment in the Thai hospital more than 4600 animals
Because of financial problems there was on the verge of closing a first-ever elephants hospital.
As information agency "Associated Press" reports , the hospital existing on charitable donations covers less than a half of maintenance costs and treatment of animals due to receipts.
the Hospital opened at the initiative of public organization of defenders of animal 25 years ago in gorod Lampang in the north of Thailand, accepted already more than 4 600 patients. Now here five giants receive medical treatment.
the International popularity the hospital received p in 2008 when operation on prosthetics of an extremity of the elephant who has lost a foot as a result of explosion of an antipersonnel mine here was for the first time performed. As employees of this institution report, during its existence of at least 15 animals arrived here on treatment as a result of similar incidents.
toAs are told by the founder of hospital and the head of Fund of protection of elephants Sorayda Salvala, at the expense of donations it is possible to collect on the average 12 thousand US dollars a month, and the maintenance of hospital for elephants manages not less than in 28 thousand dollars.
Elephants are considered as national animals in Thailand, however, as writes information agency "Associated Press", the Fund of protection of elephants does not receive public financing.