
In this photo taken Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, a stranded elephant drinks water with its trunk while swimming with its mahout in the floods in Ayutthaya province, central Thailand. Seventeen elephants were stranded at the elephant camps in Ayutthaya province following floods that submerged north and central part of the country for more than two months

In this photo taken Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, a stranded elephant swims in the floodwaters in Ayutthaya province, central Thailand. Seventeen elephants were stranded at the elephant camps in Ayutthaya province following floods that submerged north and central part of the country for more than two months


In this photo taken Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, a mahout stands in the middle of stranded elephants at an elephant camp in Ayutthaya province, central Thailand. Seventeen out of ninety-two elephants were stranded at the elephant camps in Ayutthaya province following floods that submerged north and central part of the country for more than two months

In this photo taken Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, a Thai girl feeds a stranded elephant with banana at a shelter for floods victims in Ayutthaya province, central Thailand. Seventeen out of ninety-two elephants were stranded at the elephant camps in Ayutthaya province following floods that submerged north and central part of the country for more than two months.