Khum Min the elephant is welcomed into the free herd by a very forward female!

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13 жыл бұрын

Filmed in July, 2010 in Northern Thailand. I was part of a group who walked an elephant called Khum Min from a life of work (trekking) to a life of freedom (with a mahout/minder). This video starts where the previous footage stops (his chains have just been removed). How long will it take for him to integrate with his new herd?!
Khum Min will now live as part of this herd in the jungle (close to a remote Karen hilltribe village). The hope is that by providing these eles with a safe, happy herd environment, breeding will take place.
Asian Elephants are an endangered species due to habitat loss and poaching. There are between 41,410 and 52,345 left in the wild. If you'd like to support the protection and conservation of Asian elephants, please donate to the reputable non-profit organisation 'Elephants in Crisis': www.elephantsincrisis.org or www.elephantvoices.org
Hope you enjoy these beautiful moments!
This elephant release was part of the documentary 'Journey to Freedom' by award winning film maker Martin Guinness. Trailer can be viewed here: • Walk to Freedom - trailer

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@awizardalso 3 жыл бұрын

It warms my heart to see animals that have been held in captivity to be released to freedom.

@ChristyAnne-bx7ps 13 күн бұрын

With all the human suffering and desperate human need out there, this seems to be such an enormous waste of valuable resources. When we can get our homeless vets with PTSD taken care of, then we can worry about these elephants " supposed" PTSD. Pfffff. SMH

@aisharimla3988 11 ай бұрын

No abusment, no chains, no abuse, only free environment, fresh food and a lot of lov❤❤❤❤

@gallente4TW 4 жыл бұрын

The lady talking is doing such a wonderful job. Not crying or snivelling or carrying on. Genuinely interested and easy to listen to.

@ronmetcalf1972 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this precious moment with the rest of us.

@lyndachabane1931 5 жыл бұрын

Such a wonderful moment....one day let's hope they will all be free from work and entertainment 😊

@rennierad 3 жыл бұрын

3:26 As the baby walks by I'm struck with tremendous sadness, just broke me down into tears.

@CatherineSTodd 6 жыл бұрын

Tears, of joy, come to my eyes watching this! God bless all the good people in this world and change the cruel one's hearts.

@flipperdale51 4 жыл бұрын

Thank goodness for the hussy. Khum Min is now part of the Herd

@secondthought2320 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful animals, they are so intelligent!! They deserve to be free and protected .

@louismcdougal914 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your hard work and dedication to our elephant brothers - They can teach us a lot

@florenceknox7116 Жыл бұрын

Amazing Creatures ❤ Thank each ,and everyone of you from the bottom of my ❤.

@ChristyAnne-bx7ps 13 күн бұрын

@traceygrau1903 5 жыл бұрын

The compassion in elephants takes the breath..

@viccamay6871 4 жыл бұрын

It turns out he's very popular with the ladies. Maybe he can help increase the herd. Thanks for sharing - heart warming moment.

@Free-bt6gn 5 жыл бұрын

This poor elephant lived a horrible life - I watched the earlier video of him being rescued AT NIGHT and the spiked chains being removed. No animal should be treated like this and I'm so glad he's free and will live out the rest of his days in peace and free of pain.

@ChristyAnne-bx7ps 13 күн бұрын

@albin2232 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful beyond words ❤

@guitarplay888 11 ай бұрын

It’s sad that they had to be slaves at all. I’m sure that the life you are giving them is incredible and to be free from slavery and abuse is so beautiful. It would be an added bonus for them to have the bell removed one day so they can have their ultimate freedom and be truly free and happy. They are so lucky to have your organization to look after them. 🙏🏻

@vallee3140 9 ай бұрын

That bell would really annoy me, silence is golden. Why do they have them?

@carlastewart3566 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome to see them freed from a life of slavery, and live out a wonderful and free life!!!

@user-gm7rk1ff3l 11 ай бұрын

❤

@eastsideterri22 4 жыл бұрын

Just amazing the work y'all do. Thank you

@cindywitter9741 4 жыл бұрын

Have a very happy life Khum Min ! The herd accepts you! 😊♥️

@steviespence1288 4 жыл бұрын

God bless you all for the things that you're doing for the elephants

@unravel523 5 жыл бұрын

This is simply Heaven for Khum min, and for us watching! Can´t thank you enough you Angels!!

@marknauman53 4 жыл бұрын

I cannot comprehend even a single thumbs down. This work is amazing and the elephants deserve freedom and security.

@betsyross9503 4 жыл бұрын

Mark Nauman - For the bell around the neck maybe?

@sharithompson1672 3 жыл бұрын

what ever It’s for their safety. They explain the whole process of introducing a rescued elephant into the sanctuary and why they do everything they do to make sure those elephants are safe, healthy, happy, and calm.

3 жыл бұрын

@@sharithompson1672 ok great. Thanks. They are doing a great job. God bless them and those elephants and help them out even more.

@Philrc 4 жыл бұрын

The female elephant is just "oh I'm sorry, did I bump into you again? Big boy? "

@miguelurrutdarkorangefan2750 4 жыл бұрын

"Hey big fella, Join the herd, and join me for a good time"

@giby7503 3 жыл бұрын

So sweet to see Mom let people near her baby

@vikkinicholson2300 4 жыл бұрын

Thank God.....my prayers are now with you always.

@cindyjohnson7917 5 жыл бұрын

She’s saying, OH WHAT A HUNK!! 🤣🤣

@hectorkeezy1499 6 жыл бұрын

Great footage . Great seeing thier interaction. They are such gentle creatures.

@carolcornell6332 3 жыл бұрын

They are the most beautiful, soulful creatures

@patriciamartinez5836 4 жыл бұрын

So beautiful and free

@curvs4me 5 жыл бұрын

They all cry when the chains come off. Beautiful boy

@christineswan1937 4 жыл бұрын

I do too

@bachtran6358 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sooooooooo much ❤️❤️❤️🐘🐘🐘🙏🙏🙏🙏

@emilytruman5709 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing, we all need to do more to help these innocent animals. Thank you for all your hard work, you all do an amazing job. I hope they all have a happy safe life.

@olgawyn4685 4 жыл бұрын

So do I hope they have a great life.

@animalsareloveandhappiness4505 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful. Thank you for sharing.🙏🏻🐘💖🙏🏻🙏🏻😇 LOVE and FREEDOM.

@mightymissk 6 жыл бұрын

Its like the female elephants are saying, "There's a new bull in town ladies!"

@ronkistner2672 10 ай бұрын

wonderful creatures

@ralphcaldwell9680 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful people, thank you

@patricianixon7674 4 жыл бұрын

YES THIS MAKE MY DAY TO SEE GOD'S CREATIONS TREATED WITH RESPECT AND THEY ARE HAPPY TOO :)

@maxmorgan2297 4 жыл бұрын

Made me cry happy tears;)

@jaxjax3494 3 жыл бұрын

Elephants are such loving, protective, social creatures.

@nazs.7303 5 жыл бұрын

Videos like these give me new life.

@DISCODAN1 5 жыл бұрын

So glad I watched this! It gives me faith again

@christineswan1937 4 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@AlaskanAndie 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for allowing us a peek!!!

@northline1987 5 жыл бұрын

I love so much what you do on that Elephant free center , or what it's called. Learn so much about those amazing creatures, binge watching your videos. Try to imagine how they feel... After all those years living hard lives for humans, being a personal object struggling year after year.. Then suddenly moving yet again, but this time, to a place they doesn't recognize.. Friendly people, other elephants, water, sand, mudd, grass, and one day chains off, other elephants come chain less welcoming the elephant out in the woods, free and... Maby the new elephant think it's a dream, or when do they realize it's their new home. Free as possible and if needed, nice humans to help. It's so amazing what those people have built up and do to help elephants, and even new babies are born 😍 Glad I got the chance to see this on KZfaq. 🌹🌹🌼🌼🌸🌷🍀❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😍😘

@hughvane 7 жыл бұрын

He'll be Khum Min round the mountain when he comes He'll be Khum Min round the mountain when he comes etc, etc.

@jeanmeslier9491 5 жыл бұрын

Groan!!!

@philomenapeterson1790 4 жыл бұрын

Jokes aside ... so happy he is finally set free

@olgawyn4685 4 жыл бұрын

At least its not the dirty version, though very funny.

@GabyPelayo 4 жыл бұрын

He'll be driving six white horses the he comes....

@bobbybejaran1297 3 жыл бұрын

That was funny and on point.

@cyndifoore7743 3 жыл бұрын

Lady, he understands what’s going on better than any of us. Geez

@carolbourdonowens6545 4 жыл бұрын

So wonderful to see the elephants out of chains!

@lynettebergman6603 4 жыл бұрын

God's beautiful elephants 🐘🐘🐘🐘

@kingsnowman7461 5 жыл бұрын

What a happy ending for Khum Min or should we say a happy new beginning instead?

@MsGoodHands 6 жыл бұрын

I just found this video by accident and was so happy to discover karl in it. RIP beautiful soul ❤

@speakup2682 5 жыл бұрын

To you who question the bell around the neck etc. Please remember that these elephants have spent years as prisoners of humans and freeing them is a slow process. The bells ensure they are able to be tracked and if anything goes wrong they can be found. The leg chains have gone, the slave is as free as it can be.

@lisafrequency55 4 жыл бұрын

I bet the elephants would prefer not to have them.

@betsyross9503 4 жыл бұрын

Speak Up - The bell around the neck must suck for the elephant

@herbiethekat3637 4 жыл бұрын

I was questioning that.

@Crystl38a 4 жыл бұрын

Other sanctuaries do not have tourists and loud annoying people yelling at the elephants NOR bells. It's great tgey are in sanctuary but I disagree for bells and tourists and yapping little men at the elephants. Time to elevate the humans to a higher spiritual awareness.

@sandralee8855 4 жыл бұрын

I bet the elephants would prefer the bells not be on them..it's just 2 pieces of wood hitting each other they would have to be very close to them if they are tracking them that way and not to mention other animals hearing them and coming to investigate the noise....

@bobbiechinn9578 5 жыл бұрын

This is beautiful!!

@careyostrer6193 6 жыл бұрын

isn't he beautiful - these 'free' projects are wonderful to behold

@idarolon3765 3 жыл бұрын

🤔 WOW! I crying watching this video 📹. It feel so good to be free 🐘 🏞️🌅 🏞️. God made these animals to be free. God going to Bless everyone 🙏🙏🙏 who helping out 🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘💞💞💞👍✌️👌💪💪🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🤗🤗🤗.I am Soo Happy. It 4/20/2021

@suemick8709 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful creatures.

@urielgrey 3 жыл бұрын

Backing up to another elephant is actually a sign of respect in elephant 🐘 culture and is done by lesser dominant to the more dominant

@donnahughs9749 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that info.

@urielgrey 3 жыл бұрын

@@donnahughs9749 you're very welcome :)

@meaningoftheunicorn 5 жыл бұрын

Everyone going on about the bells. Good lord. Be grateful that this organization exists. The bells allow the elephants to be found if lost. Clearly they wouldn't have them if not deemed in their best interest.

@barbarastone7546 4 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful. Free’and see his new family’ welcome him. I hope the people just watching can leave’ now and let his new family bond

@carolkeith2196 6 жыл бұрын

How could anyone not "like" this?

@johndehaan2764 3 жыл бұрын

Very important breeding program good job guys

@jackimcinerney7270 4 жыл бұрын

I love elephants they are so beautiful ,they all should be free to roam safely ,and enjoy their live as a wild elephant should ,we'll all that help to free the majestic creatures 🐘🐘😍

@bubblesspan1256 7 жыл бұрын

they will love him

@robinjohnson2749 3 жыл бұрын

BREATHTAKING SIGHT ALL THE ELEPHANTS 🐘 BEAUTIFUL GENTLE GIANTS SO PRECIOUS ROBIN DROM THE USA 🇺🇸 AND WISCONSIN LOVE TO ALL OF YOU

@jackiericci610 5 жыл бұрын

Just lovely to see FREE elephants, thank you for the Video a little late I might add.

@SunaStella 3 жыл бұрын

Every animal desurve to be rescue and being free❤️❤️❤️

@junecox7980 Жыл бұрын

A miracle 🙏

@mrjapaman2958 3 жыл бұрын

Khum min has a huge trunk, and now he has his own harem, off you go bro.

@smurray88 11 жыл бұрын

Start to finish I thought this was fascinating

@isalaburgess3852 4 жыл бұрын

@jeffer2350 7 жыл бұрын

There are lots of paranoid people posting here. You should note in the video that a mention was made of electric fence and corn fields (property in the area owned by someone else). The elephants will still be escorted by a mahout since the elephants do not know the area and need to be guided in order to keep them in the safe area. The mahout doesn't need to prod them with a stick. If you have ever done any hiking you will know that a good stick is handy for protection from snakes, pushing assorted greenery out of the way, and assistance on hills. The elephants are following him without the need for him to force them to do anything. The mahout is helping the elephants create a routine path for herd travel in the safe zone. The herd will need to travel to find enough food to eat.

@MsGoodHands 6 жыл бұрын

Jeffer 23 Finally a reasonable person who actually knows what they're talking about. Although it's more boring than hysteria.

@jintyc9133 4 жыл бұрын

Jeffer 23 great to see a bit of intelligence

@angievara7355 3 жыл бұрын

In parts of the world ghost peppers are spread around the perimeter of a field to keep the elephants out.

@jeffer2350 3 жыл бұрын

@@angievara7355 I never had heard of ghost peppers until now. Thank you.

@lauraowen8142 3 жыл бұрын

@@angievara7355 True. Thank you, sister😊

@donnaalves4322 3 жыл бұрын

This is so beautiful 💙💙💙

@wenif.constantino3161 5 жыл бұрын

Giving an elephant their freedom is beneficial to their well being. Few humans should learn to RESPECT ANIMALS. Do bear in mind that just like people animals got emotions too. 😍😍😍😍😍

@heathergall6431 6 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed that. It's so fascinating to watch them.

@scray00 4 жыл бұрын

If this was my job i would be crying all day. Crying for the cruelty and crying for the happiness they are in now. 💕💕

@adonnaprice6028 3 жыл бұрын

Amber C other Ellie’s in the wild don’t have the forlorn stress and facial wrinkles like these “freed “ elephants, sad

@terrisantiago9128 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@brianfreeman8290 10 ай бұрын

This made me SO HAPPY !!!

@bickyday8278 5 жыл бұрын

Yay, glad khum is welcomed!

@whatsupyaul5599 5 жыл бұрын

This was apparently shot 2 year's ago but what ever year it was, was a good day for him and a whole lot of people then and now. Oh yeah, I can't forget all the other elephants because they too were apart of this wonderful moment.

@ranger1496 5 жыл бұрын

Good to see. Thanks.

@jr7845 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@MC-en7im 6 жыл бұрын

what a fantastic film thankyou xx

@michellerosemarieflynn8897 5 жыл бұрын

THIS IS A WONDERFUL VIDEO IT REALLY MADE MY DAY KEEP UP YOUR GREAT WORK !

@mg201 3 жыл бұрын

Great show for all those lovely tourists :), have you ever seen wild elephants with big bells around their necks ? I hardly call that freedom from human beings.

@ladyjustice1474 3 жыл бұрын

Love the side eye momma elephant was giving everyone while feeding her baby. She gave every one the stink eye.

@dianehornbrook8413 4 жыл бұрын

She's not flirting, elephants greet butt first and also peeing in front of each other is a sign they are comfortable with the greeting

@Shuggies 4 жыл бұрын

I would think the wooden clanking around thier NECKS would interfere with them communicating w each other. We bow know they actually use the smallest foot vibes in the ground as form of letting the others know when to stop walking and so much more... take the wood bells off too. It may as well be a chain also...

@betsyross9503 4 жыл бұрын

Tammy0238 - I agree. The bells must suck for the elephants

@Shuggies 4 жыл бұрын

@@betsyross9503 absolutely.. at least tho, they arent in the wild and dependent on the sound of ground vibrations of the others elephants feet for safety... stillll these caretakers are supposed to be experts and should know better... better than chains tho..

@betsyross9503 4 жыл бұрын

Tammy0238 - You make good points!

@eileenlienhard7218 3 жыл бұрын

He seems to keep following the man that removed the chains. What a wonderful site to see.

@believeinyourself7511 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful video

@susanflowers6282 5 жыл бұрын

A bit of a hussy that was too funny!!!😂 what a Beautiful story! Thank you for sharing it!

@maureensladdin4867 9 жыл бұрын

Wonderful, thank you

@budhashilakurumbang5865 6 жыл бұрын

Pregnant.elephant . Intelligent animal give.the love !

@michaelsans8167 4 жыл бұрын

To be a protector Blessing from god I believe

@quantumcat7673 3 жыл бұрын

The people who work there have the best jobs on the planet.

@mariasummers8345 5 жыл бұрын

I believe as long as he can feel and hear the sound maker around his neck, he'll never feel free.

@drolsen1325 5 жыл бұрын

Nobody is absolutely free on earth !

@ldav2006 11 ай бұрын

I love elephants!

@davidhill1220 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome Thank you! Patricia

@sherrysherry6113 5 жыл бұрын

Love elephants! Wish I can be there :)

@AlaskanAndie 3 жыл бұрын

I hope you saved some for him too??? LOL!!! Such intelligent awesome creatures!!! GOD MUST have been in an awesome mood when he created the elephant!!!?

@williamharvey784 5 жыл бұрын

Wat a lovely video.god bless use.

@ronsnyder5818 6 жыл бұрын

The elephants are free to roam a select area that is protected for them. The bell is so they can be found and returned to the protected area should they wonder off. Outside of the protected area is farms and they get raided by the elephants if not attended to. The farmers want compensation for their lost revenue. It is a delicate balance between the native people and native animals. These elephants will no longer be worked, or ridden. They are as free as they can be in the world we now live in.

@BlackPanther-vk5ew 4 жыл бұрын

Ron Snyder.........Thank you for explaining the bells. This video was very short but amazing...... I am going to go find the Doc. I was hoping there was alot more......being this was such a great accomplishment. Thanks again!!

@moniquevetrano689 4 жыл бұрын

I figured the bell was a safety mechanism. Is he crying? I see tears coming down his eyes aw

@kevinwells4986 4 жыл бұрын

Bit of a hussy! lol. Thanks for the video.

@thandalion6313 5 жыл бұрын

Nice job. Great to see these intelligent creatures being set free from the chains and human servitude. I'm puzzled though because in the wild, bull elephants are not usually part of the herd. The herds are lead by a matriarch and the bulls usually only come into contact for breeding. How has this worked out with Khum Min?