Meena Chaudhary is Nepal's first female mahout

Meena Chaudhary is Nepal's first female mahout, or elephant rider. She comes from an illiterate and poor family and now she has become their main source of financial support. "I had no education and no job so I decided to become a mahout. At the beginning it was very hard because I had never been to the jungle before. There are other women who now also want to become Mahouts.

Meena Chaudhary is Nepal's first female mahout, or elephant rider. She comes from an illiterate and poor family and now she has become their main source of financial support.