He is only a year old, but this elephant calf so far has endured hardships for the short time he has been alive and this appears to be the case for many of our captive friends.
Temperatures in mid-May had soared to 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) at the Nong Nooch Tropical Gardens in Pattaya, eastern Thailand, and the young calf was tied by a rope to his mother, who was giving tourists a ride on her back.
