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By Brian P. D. Hannon • Jul 02, 2022
Singapore plans to increase local food production through aquaculture while a Cambodian village held an elephant wedding
By Jack Brook • Jun 20, 2022
For the first time in decades, an indigenous Bunong community holds a wedding for an elephant and a blessing ceremony for her baby
By Jack Brook • Apr 29, 2022
The new addition to Cambodia’s captive elephant population highlights the need for habitat preservation and genetic diversity among the species throughout Southeast Asia
By Wanpen Pajai • Feb 28, 2022
Thai and Laotian cultures respect elephants as sacred but the endangered animals are still subject to abuse
While many still invoke romanticised notions of the human-elephant relationship throughout the centuries, today interactions are defined by captive elephant tourism. Sonakshi Srivastava asks, is it still appropriate to use history to justify this industry today?
By Sonakshi Srivastava • Dec 28, 2020
Christmas and Thailand's love of elephants combined when four of the gentle giants dressed as Santa Claus turned up at a school just outside Bangkok, complete with huge coronavirus masks, in an effort to raise awareness around Covid-19
By Agence France-Presse • Dec 23, 2020
Following years of public outcry and campaigning by American pop star Cher, the "world's loneliest elephant" is set to arrive at its new home in a Cambodian sanctuary on November 30, ending its mammoth journey from Pakistan
By Agence France-Presse • Nov 30, 2020
Pakistan's only Asian elephant Kavaan has had his farewell party at the Marghazar Zoo in Islamabad and is headed for a sanctuary in Cambodia following years of campaigning by animal rights activists
By Agence France-Presse • Nov 25, 2020
A new report from World Animal Protection reveals the shocking extent of the mistreatment of elephants in the region’s tourism sector
By Madeleine Keck • Jul 07, 2017
Sébastien Duffillot co-organises the Elephant Caravan, an event that will see a team of 12 elephants trek 630km across Laos
By Eduard Merigo • Nov 12, 2015