Sumatran Elephant Field Project
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Elephants and pawangs of Sebanga


what we brought

Susan Mikota left
    Dr. Rini right


Pawang bathing his elephant.  All elephants are actually owned by the Indonesian government and the pawangs are government employees.  Because of financial difficulties, many government employees often receive only half of their pay, which for pawangs, means living on about $15 U.S. per month.
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all they had

   


Epi before treatment

Epi after treatment

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