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.

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. Couples kickstarted the marriage ...

CHONBURI, Thailand, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Reflecting Thailand's long association with the majestic beasts, couples riding elephants wearing traditional dress chose this Valentine's Day to exchange their ...

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 ...

Technically a large island, Phuket is Thai for “hill” and features lush landscapes, luxe resorts and party beaches that entice millions of tourists (and A-listers from Leonardo DiCaprio to Kim ...

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 ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Following the collapse of tourism due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of Thailand’s 2,700 captive elephants used for tourism trekked back to rural ...

More than half the elephants in multiple Thai tourist facilities have nervous tics that may reflect anxiety, frustration or boredom. The involvement of scientists in the elephant tourism industry has ...