Project Description
Pin
Age: 1 year
Arrival at WFFT: 24th July 2015 from a trekking camp in Kanchanaburi
Working History: Trekking
Mother (Apple) and daughter were rescued after a very generous donation by Joan and her friends (again!).We were informed by an elephant camp that mother and baby would soon be separated from each other as the baby was “for sale”, and as the baby “Princess” was only 8 months old, it was unacceptable for Joan and her Sydney group of friends to let this happen. A very generous donation towards the rescue was made and we decided to move both elephants, mother and daughter, to the WFFT elephant refuge. Little Pin will now never know the life of a working elephant, and never be separated from her mother like her siblings.
Temperament: Pin is very protective, Pin is curious about everything
Distinguishing physical features :
- Pin is very tall
- Pin has many pink markings on her ears and trunk
- Still young, so not as sunken head like other elephants at EREC
- Pin- our only baby! Can’t mistake her.
Characteristics: The bond between mother and calf is obvious. They are never more than a few meters away from each other. Pin is slowly becoming more confident, and is walking further way from mum to explore little parts of the enclosure before running back under mums belly
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Pin’s Story
December 2018
Intruder! Intruder!
🔊SOUND ON! We gave Pin's family a yoga ball for enrichment and their initial response was...a tad dramatic... https://youtu.be/lEc1B59alSI
Midlands Makeover
Last week our elephant volunteers gave a Midlands enclosure a makeover! The poles were repainted, some tire enrichments and a scratching post were set up, and sand piles were recreated for the sweet eles to [...]
November 2018
Pin’s 4th Birthday!
It was Pin's 4th birthday yesterday and we celebrated with a two tiered banana cake complete with tamarind candles. Everything was going just fine until Kaew Petch ran off with the cake! Pin did get [...]
October 2018
Singing in the Rain
This is 4 minutes of pure joy. Watch baby Pin's herd go for a swim and mudbath after a rainstorm! https://youtu.be/sNzWgedhYZU
How to Age Elephants
Did you know that elephants have 6 sets of teeth in a lifetime? Here are some other ways you can estimate the age of an elephant! https://youtu.be/eC7zQSYne3w
August 2018
Set off over the Seas! The Elephant Raft
Take a look at the infamous WFFT Banana Tree Raft, a fun enrichment that the WFFT volunteers love to create for Pin and her family. We recently said goodbye to our Elephant Volunteer Coordinator Dave, [...]
Pin’s Crew… Who knew grass grew on Ele’s.
Take a look at these photographs of Pin and Co. playing with the natural grasses and earth. One may say these ladies are truly caked in earth.
May 2018
Pin and her Family…
Baby Pin is growing up very fast, although she will always be under the watchful eyes of her mother 'Pun' and doting aunties 'Kaew Petch' and 'La Ong Dao'. 3-year-old Pin rules the herd, her [...]
March 2018
The heat… Perfect excuse to enjoy some water games!
The heat is here and obviously all of the Elephant Refuge residents all had the same idea in how to have fun and get cooler. This time it is Pin and Family who enjoyed this [...]
September 2017
Here is the Elefly!
Here is the Elefly! A new species of elephant butterfly all wings spread out. (And if any of you are confused about this new species, it is in fact just Pun flapping her [...]
February 2017
Enrichment time for the ele’s
Here are some images from our latest ele tyre toy enrichments. Hours of fun was had when the new toy was given to Pin's herd, squeaks, rumbles, kicks and lots of trumpets galore. [...]
A Helping Hand (Trunk) for little Pin
As Pin explores her new enclosure she is under the close watch of her doting aunties, La ong Dao and Keaw Petch, and mother Pun. The new lake within the enclosure is considerably larger than [...]
WFFT’s Newest Elephant Enclosure
The latest new enclosure for elephants has just been completed at the WFFT Elephant Refuge - Thailand. We have created a new large area for Pin’s herd, tripling the size of their current habitat. Pin [...]
November 2016
Happy 2nd Birthday to our Special Little Princess
We held a birthday party for little Pin yesterday as she reached two years old. Here are some images of the celebrations with her mother Pun, and aunties Kaew Petch and La Ong Dao. Here’s [...]
June 2016
Our Little Elephant Family
Take a look at our little family of elephants, Pin and mummy Pun, and aunties La Ong Dao and Kaew Petch having fun exploring the neighboring enclosure while we plant new large trees within their [...]
November 2015
Happy 1st Birthday Princess!!!
Today we celebrated baby Princesses (Pin's) 1st birthday with a festivity of balloons, mountains of fresh fruit and an expertly carved bamboo birthday cake. Pin, her mother Pun and her two ever attentive aunties; Kaew [...]
October 2015
WFFT Elephant Herd Update
Baby Pin and mum Pun are spending more and more time in the grassland areas of the WFFT Elephant Refuge with some of the other adult female elephants. Pin is particularly excited about the presence [...]
September 2015
Elephants Big Day Out
Yesterday baby Pin, along with Mum Pun, were introduced to some of our other adult female elephants with the aim of creating a new family for Pin. Dao Rueng, Boon Chuey, Kaew Petch and our [...]
July 2015
Arrival of Princess and her mother Apple
On Friday, July 24th staff and volunteers at WFFT welcomed Apple and Princess! Mother and daughter were rescued after a very generous donation by Joan and her friends (again!). We were informed by an elephant [...]
