We're sure you don't need to be told, but riding elephants is not good. A new report by World Animal Protection titled Taken For A Ride says that 3 in 4 elephants in tourist entertainment venues ...

Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand has a sanctuary home to over 20 rescue elephants, many of which are former trekking elephants with backs damaged by years of tourist rides ...

CHITWAN, Dec. 29, 2016: Mahout of Ekatakali, winner of the contest, rides on her after winning the elephant beauty contest during the 13th Elephant Festival in Sauraha, a tourism hub in southwest ...

Throughout northern Thailand, elephant camps are transforming and it is down to locally-run organizations like SEF setting an example for their animals and people: there is a better way for the ...

Opinion: Riding an elephant to your wedding ... “When you see elephants mixed in with people at circuses and they’re putting kids on their backs, parents hope that’s a tame animal.

The elephant-owning families in Baan Ta Klang — some keep their animals here permanently, to work at the local park or as pets — know that many people consider it cruel to chain elephants.

Under Sri Lanka's sweeping new animal protections, those found drunk while riding an elephant could be sentenced to three years behind bars. AFP via Getty Images No more seeing pink elephants for ...

Over 40 Thai couples spiced up their Valentine's Day by tying the knot atop elephants on Monday at the Nong Nooch Tropical Garden in Thailand's Chonburi province.