By The Way Animal rides are cruel, advocates say. So why are we still doing them? Outrage over the unethical treatment of elephants, camels and horses is forcing attractions to consider alternate ...

Their job is to keep the peace amid a worsening and at times deadly conflict between humans and the world's largest land animal in the town of Livingstone, Zambia.

The elephant then tries to climb aboard for a quick impromptu piggyback ride. The camera person is hollering with laughter as the events unfold.

Elephant rides are a popular tourist activity in countries across Southeast Asia, but activists say the practice is a form of animal cruelty as their bodies are not designed to be ridden.

Once again, here's why people should think twice about riding elephants A new report reveals the dark side of elephant rides.

Federal wildlife authorities are searching for a person of interest in the stabbing of a baby elephant seal on an Oregon beach, leaving it injured with multiple wounds. The 225-pound pup was ...

Meet the heroes fighting to put a stop to the cruel practice of elephant riding In Laos, ‘the land of a million elephants’, you can stay at an elephant hospital to learn why it’s high time ...

Reader Iain Burnett elaborated via email: “I also wish elections were fair, but then we notice the 800-pound gorilla riding the elephant in the room.

An exhausted elephant has been rescued after she was made to work every day for the last 80 years. SomBoon was captured when she was a calf and has been giving rides to people since 1944. When she ...

Wiek said the group was sharing Pai Lin’s story to raise awareness about elephant cruelty and remind people never to ride them, as tourism returned to the country following the pandemic.

The elephant then tries to climb aboard for a quick impromptu piggyback ride. The camera person is hollering with laughter as the events unfold.