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Elephants like Toum, this 50-year-old female, outnumber cranes and bulldozers in Laotian logging operations along the Mekong. Hardwood is Laos' second largest export, just behind hydroelectric power generated by Nam Ngum Dam on a tributary of the river.
Author: Michael Yamashita
©Michael Yamashita
Photo size: 15.0 Mpixels (42.9 MB uncompressed) - 4702x3192 pixels (15.7x10.6 in / 39.8x27 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: Mekong River, South East Asia, Asia, Laos, trunk, animal welfare, chain, working, animal