Padai Thalaivan, starring Shanmugapandian, is a heartfelt rural drama that tugs at your emotions while also hinting at the ...

IIn the last century, Thailand has lost roughly 92 percent of its elephant population. Factors such as illegal wildlife trade ...

Thailand's renowned elephant camps are battling to survive as the country's economic downturn and dwindling tourist numbers ...

In a recent ruling, the Kerala High Court, presided over by Justice C. Pratheep Kumar, reaffirmed the principle of strict ...

In a viral video, a white horse was caught aggressively attacking a large elephant in Ratlam city, Madhya Pradesh, leaving ...

In Bo Phut, Koh Samui, two elephants escape May’s scorching heat by splashing in a pool and enjoying mud baths at their sanctuary.6 ...

An elephant's trunk has close to 40,000 muscles ... restrained by chains near the mahouts’ homes, or with the mahouts themselves riding on their backs. Scientists in Myanmar rely heavily ...

While the idea of riding elephants is controversial, Kaziranga's approach is one of the more regulated ones in India. Mahouts (elephant handlers) here follow strict guidelines, and there's a ...

Many are ex-logging elephants that had been on the point of collapse (the centre also teaches mahouts to transfer their skills to elephant riding rather than logging). We head over to the Centre ...

The mahout faces up to 10 years in prison and ... from interacting with visitors outside its ecosystem. A couple rides an elephant at the Nong Nooch Tropical Garden in Chonburi province of ...

Unlike traditional elephant tourism, which often involves activities like riding or forced performances ... and learn about the unique bond between mahouts (elephant caretakers) and their elephants.

305 tourists came to experience elephant rides in 1938-39. During the British era, wild elephants were caught, domesticated and worked with the forest department. Most mahouts working in the 50s ...