Elephants eat fruit and vegetables during the 2014 King's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament in Samut Prakan province, on the outskirts of Bangkok August 28, 2014. A total of 16 international teams and 51 Thai elephants are participating in the tournament that runs from August 28-31. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)

An elephant mahout (trainer) lies on his elephant his feet resting on its ears as it rests and eats prior to opening day's play at the King's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament 2014 held near Bangkok, in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, 28 August 2014. The annual charity tournament runs until 31 August and involves 51 elephants who normally live on the streets and are used for begging. Sixteen competing elephant polo teams from 40 different nations take part in the charity event directed at raising funds to improve the lives of the elephants and elephant conservation in general. (Photo by Barbara Walton/EPA)

An elephant is saddled-up for an elephant polo match by his Thai mahout (elephant trainer) seated on his neck, before the start of first day's play at the King's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament 2014 held near Bangkok, in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, 28 August 2014. (Photo by Barbara Walton/EPA)

A Thai mahout with a polo mallet as elephants carrying their mahouts and riders prepare for competition on first day's play at the King's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament 2014 held near Bangkok, in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, 28 August 2014. (Photo by Barbara Walton/EPA)

A player from the Mercedes-Benz Thailand team chooses polo mallets before a match, on August 28, 2014. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)

Elephants and mahouts parade onto a sports field for first day's play at the King's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament 2014 held near Bangkok, in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, 28 August 2014. (Photo by Barbara Walton/EPA)

Thai traditional dancers carry and dance with flower petals and elephants as an elephant parade opens first day's play at the King's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament 2014 held near Bangkok, in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, 28 August 2014. (Photo by Barbara Walton/EPA)

A Thai Buddhist monk (R) sprinkles holy water on elephants during a religious ceremony as part of the annual King's Cup elephant polo tournament in Samut Prakan province on August 28, 2014. The King's Cup elephant polo tournament, which is held annually to promote elephant projects and conservation, takes place from August 28 to 31. (Photo by Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP Photo)

Elephant polo competitor British woman Carolyn Syangbo from team Mercedes-Benz Thailand slips off her elephant and is helped to regain her seat by the Thai mahout on first day's play in the King's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament 2014 held near Bangkok, in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, 28 August 2014. (Photo by Barbara Walton/EPA)

Elephant polo competitors from Mercedes-Benz Thailand and The Peninsula battle for the ball on first day's play at the King's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament 2014 held near Bangkok, in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, 28 August 2014. (Photo by Barbara Walton/EPA)