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 ...

In this eye-opening video, we take a closer look at the realities behind elephant rides, often seen in wildlife tourism hotspots. Watch as tourists prepare to board a large adult elephant outfitted ...

Photograph: Shem Compion. Elephant-back safaris take place twice a day at Camp Jabulani. You are surprised by how quiet an elephant is when it wants to be. Here they are padding near silently through ...

Editor’s Note: Carmel De Bedin is Hong Kong Director of Elephant Asia Rescue and Survival foundation (EARS), which supports ethical tourism initiatives throughout Asia and campaigns against animal ...

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 ...

A change.org petition to ban tourists from riding elephants when visiting Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia's northern province of Siem Reap has amassed over 31,000 signatures. On April 22, a ...

My wife calls me “oppositional” as I leave to ride an elephant at the Santa Ana Zoo during an animal rights protest against elephant rides. She may be right. But not today. I’m on an investigative ...

The Santa Ana Zoo is one of only a handful in the nation that still offer elephant rides. For more than 25 years, children — and some grown-ups — have turned out by the hundreds to ride on the back of ...

You are surprised by how quiet an elephant is when it wants to be. Here they are padding near silently through the open savanna of South Africa's Kapama Reserve, past giraffes and buffalo and rhinos ...