18 January 2026, 10:04 pm
On March 3, 2025, in Koh Chang, Thailand, @rafaela_nakano shared a funny video from Elephant Island capturing a lighthearted encounter between tourists and elephants. In the video, a man and a woman ...... Read More »
18 January 2026, 1:07 am
We’ve all heard the saying “it takes a village to raise a child,” and the same is true for baby animals, too. Located in Chiang Mai, Thailand, New Elephant Home is a sanctuary for rescued elephants, ...... Read More »
14 June 2024, 4:32 am
BANGKOK (AP) — Buddhist monks in Thailand on Friday blessed twin baby elephants, one male and the other female, a week after their rare birth came close to being a tragedy. Their mother, Chamchuri, ...... Read More »
14 June 2024, 1:40 am
BANGKOK (AP) — Buddhist monks in Thailand on Friday blessed twin baby elephants, one male and the other female, a week after their rare birth came close to being a tragedy. Their mother, Chamchuri, ...... Read More »
8 January 2024, 5:08 am
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 ...... Read More »
1 July 2023, 1:00 pm
BANGKOK — An ailing elephant that Thailand had presented to Sri Lanka more than two decades ago returned to his native land for medical treatment Sunday following allegations that the animal was badly ...... Read More »
11 August 2022, 1:00 pm
Thailand’s elephants are well known, and I recently had the pleasure of reading Dr. Nikki Savvides’s new book, After the Forests: Thailand’s Captive Elephants and Their People, which meticulously ...... Read More »
11 August 2022, 1:00 pm
'After the Forests: Thailand's Captive Elephants and Their People' by Nikki Savvides. Source: Vivid Publishing, used with permission. Elephants are magnificent sentient beings with legendary memories ...... Read More »
14 March 2022, 12:59 pm
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 ...... Read More »
13 March 2022, 1:00 pm
Elephants at a Thai garden were served a giant fruit-and-vegetable buffet on Sunday in observance of National Elephant Day. Nearly 60 of the herbivorous mammals at the Nong Nooch Tropical Garden in ...... Read More »