On Nov. 22, 2009, Rattle the Cage and Juliette West instigated the rescue of Ratree, a severely abused 35 year-old elephant, from the Surin Elephant Roundup. With Lek Chailert (Asia's famous Elephant Lady) and park volunteers the RTC film production crew escorted Ratree 22 hours by truck to her new home in Elephant Nature Park where she will never be forced bred or physically abused again.

Ratree unfortunately has serious mental issues, evidenced by moaning, a blank stare, continuous drooling, a listless trunk, and constant swaying; she panics easily and cowers fearfully at everything around her, including approaching elephants. She collapsed at the park and is finally resting, recuperating, and socializing with the 40 other rescued elephants.

Thanks to Juliette West, Jorja Fox, Dan Stone, and of course Lek Chailert for giving Ratree a new lease on life.