Rare white elephant found in Myanmar

Myanmar has found a rare white elephant in a forest in the western part of the country, the fifth in 10 years, reports local media.

A rare white elephant is seen in Rakhine state in this handout photograph released by Myanmar News Agency. Authorities in Myanmar have caught a rare white elephant, which are believed to bring good fortune.
Photograph by: HO
Credit: Reuters

Forest Department officials caught the 18-year-old on September 23 in Maungdaw Township of Rakhine state, about 1, 000 kilometres north-west of Yangon.

Buddhists in Myanmar and neighbouring countries have revered white elephants for centuries as good omens, and state media on Saturday called it propitious for the November 7 elections.

The elections would be the first held in Myanmar since 1990, making them more rare than white elephants.

White elephants are usually given special treatment in spacious pavilions and are fed well.

The four others caught since 2001 are kept in a park in a Yangon suburb.

White elephants have a reddish tint, and their eyelashes and toenails are more fair than typical pachyderms.

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