Elephants give out face masks to kids throughout Christmas events

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    The elephants were impersonated Father Christmas (Picture: Getty/Reuters)

    Thai Elephants worn Christmas design have actually been giving out totally free face masks to kids.

    Footage reveals the animals – Sri Mongkon, 14, Sri Raya, 6, Peter, 15, and King Kaew, 18 – holding baskets consisting of the face coverings in their trunks, for school child and passing drivers throughout the unique joyful effort. The plan in main Thailand intends to raise awareness about the risk of coronavirus.

    White-bearded handlers in floppy hats and Santa attire sat on top of the elephants, who were dressed up in tinsel and trunk masks near the capital Bangkok on Wednesday. 

    Young trainee Laksaporn Loetpiriyakamol stated: ‘They are funny and they are lovely. I think they are so cute.’

    Excited kids from Jirasat Wittaya School in Ayutthaya, an hour’s drive from the capital, sang Christmas carols and lined up to have their images taken with the animals in the yearly custom.

    Itthi Pankhawlamai, who handles a regional elephant park, described: ‘These four elephants want to represent Thai Santa Claus to encourage people to wear masks, wash their hands and follow government instruction.’

    The elephants have actually been paying sees to schools in the location for 20 years and usually provide presents like sweet and toys utilizing their trunks.

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    But this year the animals – a nationwide sign of the Asian nation – remained outside the schools and utilized their trunks to use the face masks in baskets rather.

    Pacharamon Sukphiromsanti, 12, who came out to welcome the elephants at evictions, stated: ‘I’m a bit fired up and unfortunate since the elephants can’t enter into the school.’

    English and science instructor Brett Baxter stated the occasion brought an unique sort of Christmas spirit paired with a flavour of Thailand.

    ‘It’s wonderful for the kids. It blends 2 cultures together. It’s not practically Santa Claus… the culture of Thailand is based around elephants,’ he stated.

    Ayutthaya, is thought about the birth place of Thailand’s Catholic neighborhood, in a nation that is mainly Buddhist. 

    Students receive face masks from an elephant dressed as Santa Claus, in an effort to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), ahead of Christmas celebrations at a school in Ayutthaya, Thailand, December 23, 2020.

    The yearly Christmas custom had a twist this year (Picture: Reuters)

    Thai elephants dressed as Santa Claus deliver face masks to motorists on a busy street corner on December 23, 2020 in Phra Nakhon si Ayutthaya, Thailand.

    One kid takes a face covering through a vehicle window (Picture: Getty Images)

    Thai elephant trainers dressed as Santa Claus wave to children at the Jirasat Wittaya elementary school on December 23, 2020 in Phra Nakhon si Ayutthaya, Thailand.

    Elephant fitness instructors impersonated Santa Claus wave to kids at the Jirasat Wittaya grade school (Picture: Getty Images)

    Thai elephants dressed as Santa Claus deliver face masks to children at the Jirasat Wittaya elementary school on December 23, 2020 in Phra Nakhon si Ayutthaya, Thailand.

    Elephants are extensively liked in Thailand (Picture: Getty Images)

    Elephants from the Ayutthaya Elephant Palace, dressed in Santa Claus costumes and wearing face masks, pose for photos ahead of event to hand out face masks to students outside the Jirasat Wittaya School in the central Thai province of Ayutthaya on December 23, 2020.

    Critics state the yearly custom is ‘quite questionable and not acceptable’ (Picture: AFP)

    A student (R) takes a face mask from a basket held by an elephant (L) from the Ayutthaya Elephant Palace in a Santa Claus costume and wearing a face mask outside the Jirasat Wittaya School in the central Thai province of Ayutthaya on December 23, 2020.

    Children identified the animals ‘funny and lovely’ (Picture: Getty Images)

    Elephants from the Ayutthaya Elephant Palace, dressed in Santa Claus costumes and wearing face masks, pose for photos ahead of event to hand out face masks to students outside the Jirasat Wittaya School in the central Thai province of Ayutthaya on December 23, 2020.

    Thailand is fighting a brand-new break out (Picture: AFP)

    But not everybody feels the Christmas school check out is a healthy custom.

    Jan Schmidt-Burbach, a wildlife vet and advisor for World Animal Protection, stated bringing elephants to a school ‘for these kinds of public stunts is quite questionable and not acceptable’.

    ‘Children will perceive elephants as entertainers and clowns rather than the wild animals they biologically are,’ he informed AFP.

    Thailand, a nation of 70 million individuals, has actually signed up more than 5,700 coronavirus infections and in the previous week there has actually been a spike of more than 1,000 cases connected to the seafood market break out.

    Thai authorities are advising additional care after its worst break out was verified at the weekend, at a seafood centre near Bangkok, with cases considering that found in about a quarter of the nation’s provinces.

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