An Edinburgh teacher and her mum are appealing to the public to help them save an elephant who has fallen victim to the tourism trade in Thailand.
Katie Loudon, 28, and her mum Caroline, 59, are aiming to raise £26,000 for a 50-year-old Asian elephant, Bua Bann, so that she can join the Happy Elephant Home (HEH), a sanctuary that looks after elephants that have suffered abuse in Thailand's tourism industry.
Katie has visited and worked in Thailand on an on-off basis for the past eight years but says she is looking to make the country her permanent home this year. She discovered Bua Bann when driving through a Thai village during the Covid-19 pandemic.
