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Nong Nooch offers 5,000 baht to name new elephant
Park officials gather round mother
and newborn calf.
Patcharapol Panrak
Nong Nooch Tropical Garden is offering 5,000 baht and an overnight hotel
stay to the person who names the elephant park’s latest arrival.
Park Director Kampol Tansajja July 25 announced the contest to name to the birth
of female elephant born on Buddhist Lent. Contestants had to submit their
entries by mail before July 31.
The calf is the first offspring of 11-year-old Morakot and breeder bull
Ningnong, 18. Nong Nooch marked the birth with a ceremony in which nine
elephants presented marigolds to the new mother.
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