Two new guests arrive...

We've got two new guests at the park today. One's name is Veggie & the other's name is Tarian.

Lek was driving up to the park, when she came across a cow lying motionless in the middle of the road. She was about to drive past, thinking it was dead, when she noticed it's ear move. She stopped & saw it was still alive, just unconcious. Turns out, the cow had just fallen off the back of a truck, on its way to the slaughter house. Lek insisted they call the cow's owner & after some negotiating, bought the animal for 3500 baht (just over $100). Then the owner mentionned that the cow's sister was also available...

So now we've got two cows on the property (as pets, not for Saturday night's BBQ ;) Veggie (the one who fell off the truck) is pretty cut up & seems to have trouble walking on one of her legs, but the vet checked her out this afternoon & thinks she'll be fine. Tarian is pretty wary of people, but seems to be in good health.

Current animal count at the park: 24 elephants, 34 dogs, 11 cats, 2 cows.