Thailand: Elephant and mahout, Patara Elephant Farm, Chiang Mai Province

The Asian or Asiatic Elephant (Elephas maximus) is the only living species of the genus Elephas and is distributed throughout the Subcontinent and Southeast Asia from India in the west to Borneo in the east. Asian elephants are the largest living land animal in Asia. There are around 2,600 elephants living in Thailand, with the majority being domesticated.

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David Henley

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Pictures From Asia