Thailand puts elephants on birth control as populations are 'squeezed out' of their natural habitat

13 February 2026, 2:17 am

Thailand is using a birth control vaccine on elephants in the wild to try and curb a growing problem where human and animal populations encroach on each other. It's an issue in areas where farms ...... Read More »

Thailand uses a birth control vaccine to curb its elephant population near expanding farms

12 February 2026, 2:57 pm

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand has begun using a birth control vaccine on elephants in the wild to try and curb a growing problem where human and animal populations encroach on each other — an issue in areas ...... Read More »

Wild elephant kills 69-year-old tourist exercising near his camp at Thailand national park

2 February 2026, 5:28 pm

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A wild bull elephant killed a tourist exercising near his tent on Monday at a national park in Thailand, making him the third ...... Read More »

Thailand uses contraceptive vaccine to limit wild elephant births

27 January 2026, 9:10 pm

Thailand has given a contraceptive vaccine to wild elephants for the first time in an effort to control their ballooning population, a conservation official said on Wednesday. Wildlife authorities and ...... Read More »

I Visited Elephants in the Wild in Thailand — Here’s How You Can, Too

6 November 2024, 10:10 pm

I encountered my first elephant when I was eight years old, while visiting my grandparents in Bangkok. Back in the 1980s, it was common to see the animals roaming the streets, begging for food in the ...... Read More »

Rare twin elephants in Thailand receive monks’ blessings a week after their tumultuous birth

14 June 2024, 5:32 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 »

An ailing Thai elephant returns home for medical care after years of neglect in Sri Lanka

2 July 2023, 1:24 am

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 »

Thailand’s Unemployed Elephants Are Back Home, Huge and Hungry

31 March 2023, 10:00 pm

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.... Read More »

The Welfare of Thailand's Captive Elephants and Their People

12 August 2022, 3:34 am

'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 »

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