Thailand takes back gifted temple elephant Muthu Raja to Sri

Thailand got into a diplomatic spat with Sri Lanka over an elephant which the former country gifted to the latter two decades ago over the alleged mistreatment of the 29-year-old Thai elephant Sak Surin also known as Muthu Raja. The elephant was airlifted from Sri Lanka and arrived in Thailand on Sunday (July 2) afternoon.

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