ADOPTIONS
Thank you for considering adopting a BEES Elephant!
By adopting an elephant you will help us provide the level of care required to ensure our elephants are free from stress, provide the vet care needed and feed them nutritious meals so they remain strong and healthy throughout the remainder of their lives spent at BEES.
You can adopt for 6 months, 12 months or 24 months. After purchase, you will receive a Certificate of Adoption, the latest update on the progress of your adopted elephant and updates on their progress every 6 months for the term of the adoption. These will all be delivered by the email you use to checkout.
ADOPT MAE DOK
Mae Dok grew up in the village of Huay Suer Tow which is the previous work place and home of Thong Dee and Boon Yuen. Mae Dok spent much of her early years logging and helping with farming, when logging was banned she joined 30 other elephants for tourism in the area giving rides.
Most recently she was used at the Karen Long Neck touristic Village as an attraction where she would beg people to feed her banana and sugarcane for 20 baht and have selfies taken. During her life time she gave birth to 2 still born calves and had 1 successful baby after the devastating still births. The baby daughter was separated from her at 1 year old and used as a tourist attraction in Chiang Mai, we really hope we can track her daughter down one day.
Now, 30 years on from the logging ban, Mae Dok was the only elephant left in the area. Due to diminishing space and poor economy in the area all the other elephants were sold off or those rented out from other communities were moved on to work in larger camps in Chiang Mai. Our dreams finally came true, Mae Dok at the age of 58, retired to BEES on 6th of March 2019.
By helping her with a ฿1500 adoption for 3 months, you will be supporting her ongoing care.
ADOPT MAE KAM
Now in her 60’s, Mae Kam was the first elephant to join BEES under 1 year retirement contract in May 2012. She had been chained above her owners farm for over 18 months after her owner removed her from the camps. Mae Kam had started acting out, she was suffering from depression and had been shaking mahouts and tourists off her back. As a result she was badly beaten and her owner was left with no choice at the time, but to bring her home.
Mae Kam had delivered a still born calf in her logging days and right before she started acting out in the camps she had lost her second calf to a King Cobra bite. We had no idea where it would lead us taking an elephant like Mae Kam on as our first elephant to join the program, but what we did know is that we had to help her.
By helping her with a ฿1500 adoption for 3 months, you will be supporting her ongoing care.