Getting up close with elephants in Thailand

Visitors need to grapple with ethics of animal sanctuaries

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An elephant splashes water on itself at the Four Seasons Tented Camp Golden Triangle Resort in northwestern Thailand. (Four Seasons Tented Camp Golden Triangle Resort)

RON EMMONS, Contributing writer

CHIANG MAI, Thailand -- In early October, people watching television coverage of catastrophic floods in northern Thailand and neighboring countries were shocked by video footage of elephants struggling amid surging water, desperately trying to escape.

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