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Pachyderms Play Polo to Raise Money for Elephants

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Polo, the ancient team competition typically played on horseback, is known as the “sport of kings.” However, the royal version for one annual event, now underway in Thailand (through Sunday), swaps the horse for the kingdom’s national symbol - the elephant. The King’s Cup Elephant Polo tournament in Samut Prakan is all for a good cause. The star athletes of this tournament are 51 teenage females, each weighing about three tons (3,000 kilograms). Mounted on each elephant on the polo...

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