There are roughly 3,800 captive elephants in Thailand. nong2/Getty Images In Thailand, it’s very easy to encounter an elephant. Some sites allow quiet observation, as you admire the massive animals ...

Shocking comparison photographs provided by Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand show how an elephant's back can become visibly damaged by a lifetime of carrying tourists Wildlife Friends Foundation ...

When the tourists who rode them disappeared from resort destinations, Thailand’s captive elephants, and their owners, went back to their birth villages, where finding enough food has been a struggle.

The research, led by World Animal Protection elephant expert and wildlife veterinarian Dr Jan Schmidt-Burbach, assessed 236 tourism venues housing 2,849 elephants across Thailand between February 2024 ...

PHUKET, Thailand, Jan 21 (Reuters) - An elephant camp in Thailand has purchased six new jumbos to welcome tourists and returning Chinese visitors, offering activities from elephant rides to elephant ...

In the northeastern village of Ban Ta Klang in Thailand, Siriporn Sapmak starts her day by doing a livestream of her two elephants on social media to raise money to survive. The 23-year old, who has ...

Pictures of rescued elephants show the toll of the tourist trade on the hard-working animals. Years of hard labor can deform their spines out of shape, causing pain. Unlike horses, elephants were not ...

Travel companies are discontinuing unethical encounters with elephants. Carnival Corporation is the latest to ditch elephant rides, bathing, and feeding. "Carnival Corporation previously sold ...

I decide to take a chance, though, because it seems a potential solution to my trip-planning problem. I want the sandy white beaches of southern Thailand but also yearn to see the jungle-like rain ...

In the last century, Thailand has lost roughly 92 percent of its elephant population. Factors such as illegal wildlife trade, deforestation, and human-animal conflict have led the Asian elephant to ...