The city authorities in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, have an unusual traffic problem to (1) ... with  — slow-moving elephants. The city already has a major problem with traffic (2) ... and the elephants are making things considerably worse. But the fast pace of life in the city is not very good for the elephants either. Many are suffering from breathing problems (3) ... by pollution. Others have sustained broken legs from falling into the ditches (канал) that typically (4) ... along the side of many Thai roads. Moreover, it is estimated that an average of twenty road traffic accidents a month (5) ... elephants. This is clearly a (6) ... of much concern not only for the city traffic authorities but also for anyone (7) ... to preserve wildlife. In (8) ... to the problem the government has organised a special team to help the police round up elephants in the city and send them back to the countryside to work, usually in the tourist (9) ... . But this campaign has met with strong resistance from elephant handlers in Bangkok who (10) ... a great deal of money selling fruit to visitors who want to feed the elephants.