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Classical Pianist Plays To Soothe Blind, Ailing Elephants At Sanctuary

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    "Lam Duan is the name of an old blind elephant, her name means “Tree with Yellow Flowers”. Lam Duan has been blind most of her life."

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    "Mongkol is a 61-year-old former logging elephant. His captive-held life was spent hauling trees in the Thai forest. His body shape is deformed through hard labor, he lost his right eye and tusk in this brutal logging practice. Mongkol was rescued--

    and brought to Elephants World to spend the rest of his days relaxing peacefully in freedom by the River Kwai.  I discovered Mongkol is an extremely gentle, sensitive elephant who enjoys music, especially this slow movement by Beethoven which I play to him occasionally in the day and night."

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    "Chaichana is a powerful male elephant that lives at Elephants World in Thailand. I’ve become very close to this elephant over the past few years and seen a gentle, sensitive side to his character. --

    From time to time, mainly late afternoon, Chaichana will stop by the piano of his own accord.  Sometimes when he's restless (as at the start of this video) he quickly relaxes to several of his preferred pieces by Greig. "

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    "Debussy "Clair de Lune" for a gentle female elephant called Ampan. Ampan is 80 years old and lives with us as Elephants World in Thailand. She is blind in one eye and can barely see with the other. --

    80 years old is very old indeed for an elephant, it's about 10 years past the natural life span of an elephant in the wild."

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