Fifty-nine couples in Thailand tied the knot on elephants on Sunday (February 14) in a special Valentine's Day wedding ceremony.

Couples in Thailand tie the knot on elephants on Valentine's Day

With tails wagging to a chorus of barks and yelps, more than two dozen dogs attached to wheels that support their disabled hind legs scrambled along a rocky path, as part of their daily exercise. The shelter, run by a foundation called The Man That Rescues Dogs, was set up by a Swede who moved to Chonburi in 2002 and was so dismayed by the poor condition of strays that he started caring for them after work. But its future is now in doubt, after the coronavirus pandemic led to a 40% drop in donations and slashed the number of foreign visitors.

Disabled dogs run freely in Thailand with help from wheels

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