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Hotels Anantara arrange parade of elephants in Bangkok
Network of hotels and resorts Anantara Hotels Resorts and Spas begin cooperation with the famous charity parade of elephants (Elephant Parade ®) and want the world's largest art exhibition in the open air to help Asian elephants, which will be held in Bangkok in 2015.
The exposition in the streets of Bangkok will be exhibited more than 50 statues of elephants polutorametrovogo, painted by famous artists and international stars, which will then be sold at auction. All proceeds will be donated to the fund The Asian Elephant Foundation and The Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation.
Organizer Mark Spitz was inspired to hold the event after visiting the hospital with his son for the wounded and sick elephants in Thailand, where they met with elephant Moshi, who lost a leg at the age of 7 months and became the first largest mammal on earth, received the prosthesis. As Mosha is growing rapidly, artificial limb should be changed every year, and every time the elephant learns to walk again.
"The idea to organize a parade of elephants initially originated in Thailand in 2006, so we are very pleased to finally be able to show the people of the Kingdom exhibition and numerous tourists from around the world - says Mark Spitz. - We have long looked for partners who would share our desire to help Asian elephants, and we think that cooperation with hotels Anantara, known for its charity campaigns and programs, will be very successful. "
The first parade of elephants held in Rotterdam in 2007, and since then has visited London, Amsterdam, Antwerp and Milan, as well as Singapore in 2011 and Hong Kong in 2014.
William Heinecke, president of Minor International, which owns hotels Anantara, and curator fund Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation, giving shelter to street elephants: "We are incredibly proud that we can assist the organization of the exhibition in Bangkok and thus pay greater attention to rescue elephants national symbol of Thailand. Time of exposure coincides with the famous charity tournament Elephant Polo King's Cup Elephant Polo, in which the needs of elephants already bailed out more than $ 750,000. We hope that the parade of elephants in the next year to attract more funds. "
Active supporters of the parade are many celebrities such as Goldie Hawn, Chloe Kardashian, Katy Perry and Tommy Hilfiger, as well as royals such as Danish Prince Henrik and the Duchess of York.
Precede the parade of elephants in 2015 will be a small exhibition of 10 statues during the 13th annual tournament Elephant Polo King's Cup Elephant Polo, which will be held in the capital Siam Polo Park from August 27 to September 1, 2014.