Manila, Philippines – An elderly elephant has died in a Philippine zoo, an official said Wednesday, after a failed global campaign to relocate her to an animal sanctuary. Mali had been a popular attraction at…
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Manila, Philippines – An elderly elephant has died in a Philippine zoo, an official said Wednesday, after a failed global campaign to relocate her to an animal sanctuary. Mali had been a popular attraction at…
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Chiang Mai, a city steeped in tradition and culture, is renowned for its iconic and beloved souvenirs of elephant wood sculptures. These sculptures, which come in various sizes, always have…
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On Friday, the Thai Elephant Conservation Centre in Lampang collected a final set of specimens from Sak Surin, a Thai elephant repatriated from Sri Lanka early last month. Sak Surin…
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The Thai Elephant Conservation Centre in Lampang has changed the live broadcast times for Sak Surin, now the most popular elephant in the country, to 1pm and 4pm. Today (Thursday)…
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Some people may wonder why Sak Surin, a Thai elephant gifted to Sri Lanka about two decades ago and recently repatriated due to ill health, has such long and beautifully-shaped…
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Sak Surin, the Thai elephant which has been in Sri Lanka for the past 22 years, arrived safely in Chiang Mai at about 2pm today (Sunday) on a 5-hour chartered…
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Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation released the timeline and images of ailing Thai elephant Sak Surin’s journey home today (Sunday), from the departure from Dehiwala Zoo…
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Unknown to most Thais, Sak Surin, the ailing Thai elephant in Sri Lanka, has played an important role in the “Esala Perahera”, also known as the Festival of the Tooth,…
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The Thai elephant in Sri Lanka, Sak Surin, is quite satisfactory and remains calm and cooperative with the mahouts, as officials use a crane to lift the flight cage with…
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Two mahouts from Thailand’s Forest Industry Organisation, who have flown to Sri Lanka, have met with Sak Surin, an ailing Thai elephant at Dehiwala Zoo, and have started the familiarisation…
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There are about 10 Thai elephants still living abroad, but they are not likely to be brought back home because they were donated by the Thai government as goodwill ambassadors,…
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The specially-built cage, designed to accommodate Sak Surin, an ailing Thai elephant in Sri Lanka, during its journey home to Thailand, is 50% complete and is expected to be flown…
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The Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai province does not have the space or appropriate facilities to take care of “Sak Surin”, an ailing elephant who will return from Sri…
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Former Suphan Buri MP Kanchana Silpa-archa is one of the people who played a key role in securing the return to Thailand from Sri Lanka of an ailing male elephant,…
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Sak Surin, an elephant donated to Sri Lanka two decades ago, will finally return home in July to receive medical treatment as he is ill and has poor living conditions….
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Lots of colour, smiles, elaborate costumes, fanfare and, of course, a herd of elephants will enchant visitors to Surin in Northeast Thailand, as the country’s oldest mahout community celebrates the…
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A backhoe and a team of veterinarians in a forest in Thong Pha Phum district of Kanchanaburi province have helped an elephant and its calf to get out of sink…
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Santa Claus gave his sleigh and reindeer a break on Wednesday and rode elephants in Thailand during a special Christmas visit aimed at raising awareness about the threat of the…
Read MoreFor Thais, the elephant is a symbolic animal, but this important mammal is in danger as their numbers have reduced dramatically, from 100,000 to only around 2,700, in the past…
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A picture of a wild elephant poking its head into the kitchen of a house, in the Thai resort town of Hua Hin, shared online yesterday (Tuesday), has now become…
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Police have filed four charges against a man who claims that he had shot and killed a bull elephant in self defence, at a rubber plantation in Kui Buri district…
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Two Italian tourists have been injured, one of them seriously, when they were thrown off an elephant at the Bang Kaeo Adventure elephant camp in Thailand’s southern province of Phang-nga on Tuesday. Muang district police, went to the park in Tambon…
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A ten-year-old male elephant fell into a sewer in Bang Phil district of Samut Prakan province and was believed to be electrocuted by electrical cables buried in the drainage system….
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