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An elephant carrying tourists sitting on a howdah. Elephants can be found in various captive facilities such as a zoo, sanctuary, circus, or camp, usually under veterinary supervision. They can be used for educational, entertainment, or work purposes. The earliest evidence of captive elephants dates to the Indus Valley Civilization about 4,500 ...
Lin Wang, Burmese elephant which served with the Chinese Expeditionary Force during the Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) and later moved to Taiwan with the Kuomintang army. Lin Wang became a fond childhood memory among many Taiwanese. When he died at 86 years old in 2003, he was (and still is) the longest-living captive elephant.
Elephant retirement park owner and co-founder David Piot and French photographer Philippe Alexandre Chevallier with the Kulen elephants browsing in the Kulen forest. Kulen Elephant Forest is a conservation organization founded in 2018 by David Piot, [2] The reserve, a 400-hectare elephant retirement park, was opened in December 2019, protecting the captive Asian elephants in Siem Reap Province ...
Outrage erupted among animal welfare activists after Colorado courts ruled that five captive elephants could not petition for release. An animal rights group presented the case in Colorado. Still ...
Thechikkottukavu Ramachandran (born c. 1964) is an Indian elephant owned by Thechikottukavu devasom, a temple in Kerala. [1] Commonly known as simply Raman, he is the tallest living captive elephant in Asia, standing at 314 cm (10 ft 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in). [2] They gave Ramachandran the title Ekachatradhipathi (transl. The Only Emperor). [3]
Fewer than a third of the elephants in captivity are still young enough to reproduce, and the first live births of captive elephants didn’t even happen in America until the 1960s. Currently, it ...
Image credits: Elephant Nature Park / Instagram Saengduean Lek Chailert, founder of a non–profit organization which is dedicated to providing care and assistance to Thailand’s captive elephant ...
Chengalloor Dakshayani (c.1930 – 5 February 2019) was a female Asian elephant owned by Travancore Devaswom Board and kept at the Chenkalloor Mahadeva Temple in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, India, which at the time of her death on 5 February 2019 was believed to be the oldest elephant in captivity in Asia. She was also known as Gaja Raja ...