Playful elephant startles tourist during photo session in Koh Chang, Thailand

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 »

Baby Elephant Calls for Help and the Herd Comes Running

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 »

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

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 »

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

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 »

Thailand's Famed Elephant Tourism Is Controversial — Here's How to Pick an Ethical Sanctuary

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 »

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

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 »

The Welfare of Thailand's Captive Elephants and Their People

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 »

The Welfare of Thailand's Captive Elephants and Their People

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 »

Thai tourism elephants are ‘far better off’ in forests: Q&A with photographer Adam Oswell

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 »

Thailand celebrates National Elephant Day

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 »

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