COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Veterinarians are preparing to airlift an Asian elephant from Sri Lanka back to its home country of Thailand this weekend after it spent more than two decades at a Buddhist ...

An ailing elephant in Sri Lanka has returned home to Thailand for medical treatment following allegations that the elephant was in bad health due to years of abuse and hard labor.

Thailand demanded a gift elephant back from Sri Lanka because it had been enslaved and tortured. The elephant, Mutha Raja, was forced to work with a temple logging crew, according to France 24.

Elephant and her calf, disturbed by loud music and bright lights from camping Kanwariyas, overturned two tractor-trolleys near Manimai Temple on Doiwala-Dehradun highway ...

India's first robotic elephant was introduced in the Irinjadappilly Sree Krishna Temple of the Thrissur district in 2023. Since then, many other temples have welcomed this move, replacing captive ...

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday confirmed the order of the High Power Committee (HPC) directing the transfer of an ...

Irinjadappilly Raman, the mechanical elephant at the Irinjadappilly Sree Krishna Temple, was donated by PETA India. It is set to be used in religious ceremonies in a "safe and cruelty-free manner ...

The Thai royal family gave the elephant as a gift in 2001 to Sri Lanka’s government, which in turn gifted it to the temple where it was named Muthu Raja and given honored roles in religious ...