Listen to this article Asian elephants at Samui Elephant Sanctuary in Koh Samui, Thailand, likened to a retirement home for elephants after years of exploitation in the logging and tourism industries.

Years before arriving at the sanctuary in 2018 – the year it opened – the elephants did gruelling work in the logging industry. That was until 1989, when Thailand banned trade in timber to ...

The controversial incident occurred when David, 45, a Swiss national and owner of an elephant sanctuary in Phuket, allegedly kicked Dr. Pai in the back on February 24, 2024, at Yamu Beach, Thalang ...

Started in 1995 with just one rescued elephant named Tarra who roamed 110 acres of land, the sanctuary has grown into the nation’s largest natural habitat refuge for elephants at 3,060 acres ...

A Spanish woman visiting Thailand was killed by an elephant at an elephant care center and an elephant trainer has been charged in connection to her death, according to multiple reports. On Friday ...

A Spanish woman visiting Thailand was killed by an elephant at an elephant care center and an elephant trainer has been charged in connection to her death, according to multiple reports. On Friday ...

A young woman was killed by an Asian elephant at a sanctuary in Thailand on Friday during a bathing session gone wrong, according to officials. Spanish citizen Blanca Ojanguren García, 22, was ...

An elephant killed a 49-year-old woman at a national park in Loei province in northern Thailand last month. While encounters between villagers and wild elephants are common, attacks at sanctuaries ...

A 22-year-old tourist was killed by an elephant in southern Thailand after bathing the animal at a sanctuary, officials said. The 22-year-old Spanish student, Blanca Ojanguren García, was ...