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Competitors go flat out - or their version of it - at the world's only elephant rodeo, held in Surin, Thailand
Competitors go flat out - or their version of it - at the world's only elephant rodeo, held in Surin, Thailand

Competitors go flat out - or their version of it - at the world's only elephant rodeo, held in Surin, Thailand

Date10/11/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: Competitors go flat out - or their version of it - at the world's only elephant rodeo; held in Surin; Thailand
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0118206F
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