This is the heartbreaking moment a baby elephant appeared to collapse on the ground with exhaustion while chained to its mother who was giving rides to tourists. <br /><br />The calf, believed to be around a year old, was strapped by the neck to its fully-grown parent who was carrying visitors on her back in Pattaya, eastern Thailand on May 17. <br /><br />Onlookers can be heard saying ‘’Oh no he’s tired!’’ as the baby rolls on the ground in the midday sun with temperatures approaching 40C.<br /><br />He then stands up and scampers away to keep up with the adult at the Nong Nooch Tropical Gardens.<br /><br />According to a tourist, who did not want to be named, the baby elephant appeared to be exhausted from walking around the area collecting tourists who pay to ride its mother. <br /><br />She said: "There are many more baby elephants tied with their mother walking around with tourists at their backs enjoying the heat of the sun while these elephants are suffering.<br /><br />"This one baby elephant was so exhausted, and you can see the mother comforting and encouraging her to stand." <br /><br />The concerned tourist is a Filipino migrant worker in Thailand's neighbouring country Myanmar where she is a teacher. <br /><br />She was with friends spending their vacation in the area when the incident happened.<br /><br />The filmer added: ‘’I’m just concerned for the elephants and want to ensure their welfare is properly taken care of.’’<br /><br />A spokesman for the Nong Nooch Tropical Gardens denied that the elephant was tired or being mistreated. <br /><br />They said: ‘’All of the elephants are healthy and treated very well. If there is a problem they are treated by vets. All of the babies here are healthy.''<br /><br />Earlier this month a baby elephant nicknamed Dumbo died at a show in Phuket, southern Thailand, after becoming so weak its back legs snapped while performing.<br /><br />The three-year-old animal, who was forced to perform up to three times a day, was pictured looking emaciated and was suffering from an infection before he collapsed.<br /><br />His keepers took him to a veterinary clinic on April 17 where a scan showed that he had broken both of his back legs, and he died three days later.
