Elephant in Thailand dies of organ failure after being paralysed & bedridden for 8 years

9 September 2026, 6:21 am

An earlier report said the elephant had fallen into an irrigation canal. The injury left all four of her legs paralysed, and she remained bedridden for more than eight years under the hospital’s care.... Read More »

Elephant kills tourist in Thailand, 3rd fatality linked to same animal

12 August 2026, 5:19 am

A wild bull elephant killed a tourist in central Thailand's Khao Yai National Park on Monday, a park official said, the third fatality linked to the same animal. The 65-year-old Thai tourist from ...... Read More »

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

12 February 2026, 8:06 pm

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 where farms ...... Read More »

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

12 February 2026, 2:57 pm

This photo released by Thailand Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation shows a wild elephant after it received an elephant contraception vaccine in the Trat province of Thailand ...... 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 »

Tourist killed by "panic-stricken" elephant while she was bathing the animal at Thai sanctuary

6 January 2025, 3:21 am

A "panic-stricken" elephant killed a Spanish tourist while she was bathing the animal at a sanctuary in southern Thailand, police said on Monday. The 23-year-old woman was hit by the stressed animal's ...... Read More »

About 100 rescued elephants escape flash floods at popular sanctuary in northern Thailand, two killed in evacuation

3 October 2024, 5:05 pm

Flash floods swept through a popular elephant sanctuary in northern Thailand on Thursday, killing two elephants and forcing the evacuation of about 100 more alongside dozens of tourists, amid urgent ...... Read More »

Thai ivory ban needed to save elephants

14 January 2013, 11:00 am

Massive quantities of African ivory are being laundered through shops in Thailand and fuelling the elephant poaching crisis, conservation group WWF says. The organization today is launching a global ...... Read More »

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