Elephant In The Neighborhood

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Where to Rent an Elephant... "Have Trunk Will Travel"
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Most people could be forgiven for fantasizing about what their weddings may look like. But some weddings just would not be complete without a guest who could consume 200 pounds of food and imbibe 50 gallons of beverage.
A guest elephant, that is.

Typically, that would be for a South Asian wedding, where the groom might be expected to arrive at the wedding atop an elaborately decorated elephant. Arranging for one may not be very difficult in India, but here in the United States?
That’s where Have Trunk Will Travel of Perris, Calif., comes in. Kari Johnson, an owner, said that one of her five elephants can be hired locally for about $6,500, with the cost rising depending on how distant the event is. An elaborate outfit for the elephant is included in the fee.

And Rosie, Dixie, Tai, Becky and Kitty are not one-trick ponies. “We did one that was a Jewish wedding, and the elephant smashed the glass for the groom,” she said. “People really just love elephants.”
 
Beethoven “Moonlight Sonata” for Old Elephant🐘

"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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