Sambo’s return to city nixed

9 June 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Environment and natural resources / Environment and natural resources policy and administration / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Government / National parks and wildlife sanctuaries / Tourism
Chamkar Pring amusement park / Chheng Kimsun / Elephant Asia Rescue and Survival foundation / Forestry Administration / Pa Socheatvong / Phnom Penh City Hall / Wat Phnom

Sambo the elephant will not be allowed to return to work in Phnom Penh, because both City Hall and the Forestry Administration oppose the idea, the FA’s director-general said yesterday. The 54-year-old Sambo left the city in 2012 after decades of entertaining and giving rides to tourists at Wat Phnom, a job that left her painfully lame and in need of serious rehabilitation. The Elephant Asia Rescue and Survival foundation (EARS), the organisation that bankrolled her two-year sabbatical, had recently withdrawn financial support, leading the elephant’s owner to start making plans to bring her back to Phnom Penh as a tourist attraction. …

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