Elephant Dreams

Karl Cullen first volunteered at The Elephant Nature Park, Thailand in 2002, spending four months with Hope and Ging Mai, who had been recently rescued as orphans. Lucky enough to be offered a permanent position, Karl returned in 2003 and took on the role of mahout to a bull elephant named Maximus, who was considered by some to be the tallest elephant in Thailand. In the time before his full time return in 2003, Ging Mai, at only nine months of age, had tragically passed away. Hope, who had most certainly come to view the younger Ging Mai as his little brother, moved to the larger part of the park where he was immediately embraced by the adult elephants there; most notably Mae Perm, Jokia and a little later, Mae Somboon, who doted on him as much as his lost mother. If you would like to know more about the story, please feel free to contact Karl by email at; kcullen75@gmail.com