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Dolphin performance at an aquarium. The dolphin on the far left suffers from depression and obesity, and is being treated with drugs for the former. France, 2017.

Resident elephants at Elephant Freedom Village interact with the first international tourists from the UK to visit since the re-opening of Thailand in November 2021.

A member of the staff at The Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation performs target training and foot care on one of the 22 elephants in their care.

A member of the staff at The Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation performs target training and foot care on one of the 22 elephants in their care.

John Roberts, Director of Elephants & Conservation at the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation, conducts one of his daily Lockdown Live Streams during the COVID-19 pandemic. Roberts has used these livestreams to maintain interest in and financial support for elephants and their mahouts.

An elephant is chained in a small corral without enough food or proper care. Thousands of elephants typically forced to work in the tourism industry in Thailand are now not working due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with their owners struggling to feed and maintain them.

Resident elephants at Elephant Freedom Village interact with the first international tourists from the UK to visit since the re-opening of Thailand in November 2021.

Elephant keeper Dodekho Saono, walks with 52-year-old Mae Beepoh as they they take their first international visitors in over a year for a walk through the Elephant Freedom Village community forest.

Elephant Freedom Village elephant keeper Dodekho Saono, with two-year-old Sierra.

Teerapong Sakdamrongsri (Non Chai), the founder and owner of Elephant Freedom Village, plays with two-year-old Sierra.

The first international tourists from the UK to visit since the re-opening of Thailand in November 2021 walk through the community forest with elephants at Elephant Freedom Village.

Elephant keeper Dodekho Saono, walks with 52-year-old Mae Beepoh as they they take their first international visitors in over a year for a walk through the Elephant Freedom Village community forest.

52-year-old Mae Beepoh eats grass from the community forest at Elephant Freedom Village in northern Thailand.As COVID devastated Thailand's tourist industry, thousands of elephants typically forced to work in the tourism industry in Thailand are now not working due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with their owners struggling to feed and maintain them. The EFV community forest model has emerged as a sustainable alternative for co-existence and is proving to be popular with international tourists who want to learn more about Karen elephant culture and experience elephants in their natural environment without the abuse and exploitation that often occurs at traditional tourist camps.

Teerapong Sakdamrongsri (Non Chai), the founder and owner of Elephant Freedom Village, plays with two-year-old Sierra.

Papas Nukaew (NIjaan), the camp manager at Elephant Freedom Village (EFV), washes his elephants with their first foreign visitors in over a year. Nijaan is a Karen elder and maintains an intimate relationship with the elephant family at EFV.

Teerapong Sakdamrongsri (Non Chai), the founder and owner of Elephant Freedom Village, plays with two-year-old Sierra.

52-year-old Mae Beepoh eats bamboo from the community forest at Elephant Freedom Village in northern Thailand.As COVID devastated Thailand's tourist industry, thousands of elephants typically forced to work in the tourism industry in Thailand are now not working due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with their owners struggling to feed and maintain them. The EFV community forest model has emerged as a sustainable alternative for co-existence and is proving to be popular with international tourists who want to learn more about Karen elephant culture and experience elephants in their natural environment without the abuse and exploitation that often occurs at traditional tourist camps.

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