<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/animals/newsid_1648000/1648273.stm BBC]</ref> and 2002<ref>[http://www.irrawaddy.org/news/2002/may25.html irrawaddy.org]</ref> was seen by opponents as being aimed at bolstering support for their regime. A total of three white elephants are currently (as of 2010<ref>[http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=18428 White Elephants Snubbed by Junta]</ref>) held in a pavilion on the outskirts of [[Yangon]].
