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Alex
Everyone in Thailand knows teen stars Toey Jarinporn and Alex Rendell as the darlings of the entertainment industry. But what you may not
know is that the young sweethearts also act as ambassadors of environmental conservation; in particular, raising awareness for the plight
of elephants. EXTRA had the opportunity of speaking with Alex Rendell and finding out more about the organisation, how he got involved
and why elephants are so dear to his heart.
เป็นท่ที ราบกนั ดอี ยวู่ า่ สองดาราวยั รุ่น “เตย้ จรนิ ทรพ์ ร” และ “อเล็กซ์ เรนเดล” เปน็ คู่หวานอีกค่หู นง่ึ ของวงการบันเทิง ซงึ่ หลายๆ คนคงได้ยนิ ขา่ ววา่ ทัง้ คู่
เปน็ เสมอื นโลโกข้ องการอนรุ กั ษ์สงิ่ แวดลอ้ ม โดยเฉพาะการจุดประกายใหค้ นหนั มาดแู ลชว่ ยเหลอื ช้าง วันน้ีเราจงึ รีบคว้าตวั “อเล็กซ์ เรนเดล” มาพูดถงึ
แนวคิดและเหตผุ ลวา่ ทา� ไมเขาจึงใหค้ วามสนใจช้างเป็นพิเศษ
How did you get involved with the Toey and I went there on a sightseeing trip. When we arrived,
plight of the elephants? we noticed that a Thai Elephant Conservation Centre had been
established.
ท�าไมถงึ มแี นวคิดอยากชว่ ยเหลือชา้ ง It was Toey who came up with the idea of helping elephants. I
thought it was a fantastic idea. Then, we received a phone call
When I was a child, I used to go to the forest with my instructor, from “Kru Kot”, my instructor who said we could buy an elephant,
Alongkot Chukaew. I learned all about forests, trekking and wildlife. one with a great personality. Because the elephant – named Kwan
I watched the elephants and learned about elephant conservation. Muang wasn’t headstrong, he was suitable to be trained as a
These were just my favourite pastimes, I didn’t really give it much “teacher elephant”, i.e. for the specific purpose of teaching children
thought. I did these activities about two years ago. After that, I about elephants. Eventually, we decided we’d like to buy Kwan
lost touch when my instructor and I went overseas to study at Muang. However, elephants are very expensive so we had to
university. After graduation, I reconnected with him on social figure out how to pay for him. I posted the story on Instagram
media. It turned out he was living in Khao Yai and not long after, and it was reposted and shared. I also called Boy Pakorn and
