Interacting with the animals is one of the country's major tourism draws, and a new organization is trying to make it more humane.
65 months ago

CHIANG MAI, Thailand -- In early October, people watching television coverage of catastrophic floods in northern Thailand and neighboring...
2 weeks ago

Flash floods swept through a popular elephant sanctuary in northern Thailand on Thursday, killing two elephants and forcing the evacuation of about 100 more.
2 months ago

Patara Elephant Farm is located in Chiang Mai, a mountainous province in northern Thailand.
118 months ago

Just because others are doing it, it doesn't mean you should: before you ride an elephant when you travel, here's the truth about what you're endorsing.
69 months ago

Can you tell a true elephant sanctuary from a sham exhibitor? Here's how to help protect elephants instead of hurting them.
64 months ago

Almost all of the captive animals work to entertain tourists, often in remote clearings, for small-scale operations with no more than 15 elephants.
64 months ago

By David Freeze. For the Salisbury Post. Alan Fowler wanted to find a place where he could step out the door into paradise.
109 months ago

Campaigners have warned many elephants in Thailand's tourism sector, estimated at 2000 creatures, may starve, or be forced into illegal...
56 months ago

This is the moment a tourist rolls around in the mud with a baby elephant. Hannah Frenchick from West Virginia visited the Patara Elephant...
80 months ago