Facilities that previously offered rides are shifting elephant tourism toward ethical, observation-based experiences.

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Bali’s elephant-riding attractions have begun shutting down after Indonesia ’s forestry authorities ordered conservation centres to end the practice, as local officials threaten to revoke the relevant ...

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The fingers of one of the hands were "retouched to become pointed like claws," the study's co-author said.

Indonesia has imposed a nationwide ban on elephant rides, in a directive from the country's Ministry of Forestry.

The birds were smuggled onboard a truck crossing from neighboring Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, without proper documents.