In elephant society, the herd leader is often a female. At Elephant Nature Park, Faa Mai is training to become that leader. She is an elephant with strong leadership qualities—gentle, yet attentive and caring toward others. While we were practicing evacuation , many elephants were still walking slowly behind. Faa Mai would stop the group and wait until everyone had caught up. She even allowed Boon Ma time to feed baby ChaBa her milk before continuing the journey. Having a female leader brings pe