This is the dramatic moment elephant handlers grappled with an escaped bull in heat. The 30-year-old jumbo had broken free from its chains and wandered into a forest in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on2.

An animal rights group argued Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou and Jambo were effectively imprisoned at the zoo, and had filed to have them moved to an elephant sanctuary. It tried to bring a habeas ...

"The only way to save the elephant was by reducing the water level." Sanatan Sonker, director of the tiger reserve, told the BBC that the rescue officials had done "a commendable job". "The high ...