Hyped as ‘the biggest elephant’ in the world, Jumbo was met by a record-breaking crowd and hauled up Broadway in his crate. More than a century after his death, mystery still swirls around Jumbo.

Was he really the biggest elephant in the world? And was he suffering from tuberculosis? It took nearly 18 months to negotiate access, establish what the scientific team could do and organize the ...

The Elephant Sanctuary, in Hohenwald, celebrated its 30th anniversary in March, marking three decades of adopting former circus and show elephants and allowing them to retire in peaceful wilderness.

The park falls under the remit of the Save the Elephant Foundation, one of Thailand’s biggest elephant conservation non-governmental organisations. There are 126 elephants and around 5,000 other ...