Elephant painting with his trunk, Mae Sa Elephant Camp, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Asia

Elephant tusk arches, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Elephants being washed in the river near Chiang Mai, The North, Thailand

Working elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) crossing a river at dawn, Chitwan National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nepal, Asia

Working elephant walking with mahout between tea plantations on either side, Mahseer, Balipara, Assam, India, Asia

Elephants carrying tourists to the Amber Fort in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Man washing working elephant, Kandy, Sri Lanka, Asia

Working elephant, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), Guruvayoor, Kerala, South India, India, Asia

herd of asian elephants bathing in a river

detail of the face of a elephant

Elephant for carrying tourists up to Amber Fort, near Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

An elephant carries felled teak logs to stacking piles for pickup. Near the village of Cochin in Kerala, India, Asian elephants are used to log teak from a commercial plantation. The domestication and use of elephants in India is a tradition over 4,000 years old.

An Elephant's Face Trunk And Ears Decorated With Paint With A Barefoot Showing Under The Ear, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

A Man's Hand Feeding An Elephant, Na Muang Safari Park, Koh Samu, Chang Wat Surat Thani, Thailand

Worker bottle-feeding an orphaned African elephant (Loxodonta africana) at the Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage, Nairobi, Kenya

Worker bottle-feeding an orphaned African elephant (Loxodonta africana) at the Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage, Nairobi, Kenya