We're sure you don't need to be told, but riding elephants is not good. A new report by World Animal Protection titled Taken For A Ride says that 3 in 4 elephants in tourist entertainment venues ...

Earlier this month, a photo of Pai Lin made the viral rounds. The image of the septuagenarian female illustrated the dark and painful underbelly of elephant tourism in Thailand. The Asian elephant's ...

The small grove of trees along the Mekong River was a thing of terrible beauty, for it was both home and hell to Sang Jon the elephant. The picturesque Laotian elephant riding and logging camp had ...

If you ever took an elephant ride, you probably enjoyed the experience of riding atop the world's largest land mammal. You probably even felt some fond feelings toward the gentle giant whose body was ...

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) - Elephant rides, which the state recognizes as having become a "polarizing topic," could face a series of new rules when the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

THE ELEPHANT, my companion for the morning, lumbered out of the woods onto a dirt slope next to a stream in northern Thailand. He appeared calm, ears flapping and tail swinging. But he was 9 feet tall ...

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