Chulalongkorn and WPI students formed a team consisting of both Thais and Americans. Through collaboration, peer review, and guidance from our sponsor, we completed our goal of furthering the body of knowledge regarding Thai elephants. We assessed current living conditions of elephants in Thailand by conducting multi-lingual interviews, observational analysis, and extensive research. Our findings resulted in a series of recommendations on how to help the current situation that Thai elephants face, focusing on improving current elephant locations and the processes regarding the reintroduction of domesticated elephants into the wild. This project gave us an opportunity to benefit a real-world problem and provided an incredible cultural experience in a professional environment.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Woodward, Kimberly H
• Buckley, Dana Bousquet
• Maguire, Sean Robert

Subject

• Environment
• Community
• Culture
• Sustainability
• Well-Being

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-030311-231917

Keyword

• Wildlife conservation
• Sustainability

Advisor

• Davis, Paul W.
• deWinter, Jennifer

Year

• 2011

Center

• Bangkok, Thailand Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Roong Aroon School

Date created

• 2011-03-03

Location

• Bangkok

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• All rights reserved