Pai Lin ไพลิน
Name meaning: Sapphire (Gem stone)
Arrival date: July 2007
Arrival age: 60
Rescue location: Surin
History: Pai Lin was used in the logging and trekking industries before arriving at WFFT. She also begged on the streets for many years. She was forced to carry a heavy howdah (seat) with up to six tourists in it. Because of this, her spine is visibly deformed, and she had many pressure sores at the time of her rescue. Thankfully, she does not seem to be in pain any more.
Characteristics: Pai Lin is often described as the grandma of the Elephant Refuge. Her back has old pressure point scars, she has large folds of wrinkled skin, and the temple domes on her head are particularly pronounced. She is small compared to most of our other elephants.
Pai Lin enjoys daily showers from volunteers to cool herself down, but otherwise she prefers her own company. She is afraid of elephants, cows and various other animals. She has mood swings and can be very sassy!
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Pai Lin’s Story
October 2013
July 2013
Enrichments and fun for Khan Kluey
Lately our volunteers have been making more enrichments for the elephants, and especially for the young bull “Khan Kluey” who has been living at WFFT for several years now. Khan Kluey loves to play with [...]
December 2012
Boon Mee, an elephant retires!
After 40 years of hard labor, retirement at last! Boon Mee is a 55 year elephant that was rescued and retired for life today! Boon Mee has worked for a while in logging and over [...]
March 2012
Will Duen Pen the elephant to retire soon?
Meet Duen Pen, an approximately 50 year elephant that has worked for the last 25 years at elephant tourist camps. Duen Pen is currently receiving a health screening as she has fallen sick lately but [...]
April 2011
See Puak the Elephant is Rescued
Late last night, female elephant See Puak finally arrived at the WFFT Elephant Refuge & Education Centre, after a 12 hour drive from the elephant camp in Surin which she was rescued from. Thanks to [...]
October 2008
Bull Calf Khan Kluey Arrives at WFFT
After Edwin returned from the fundraiser in Sydney, Australia organised by Joan Pearson we had a problem. Besides the funds raised to secure a large piece of land for the elephants where they can roam [...]
April 2007
February 2007
Pai Lin is rescued
We have a very large new resident at Wildlife Friends of Thailand. Pai Lin, an Asian elephant has come to live with us after spending many years on the city streets up country. She is [...]
