A Thai elephant trainer has been charged by authorities in connection with the killing of a 22-year-old Spanish tourist who died after being injured by an elephant at a sanctuary 490 miles south of ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — An elephant that knocked down and injured his trainer at an Ohio zoo charged the keeper twice and pinned him in the corner after being startled by his arrival in the enclosure, a ...

This is the shocking moment an elephant stamps its trainer to death after being hit by a bamboo cane. The 2000 pound elephant stomped on him in an open field of an elephant safari park in southern ...

Elephants were Axel Gautier's life. He was one of the best-known trainers in the world, respected by circus professionals everywhere for his work with elephants. "His elephants did tricks no one ...

A Spanish woman visiting Thailand was killed by an elephant at an elephant care center and an elephant trainer has been charged in connection to her death, according to multiple reports. On Friday, 22 ...

Elephants are known to be some of the world's most sensitive and intelligent creatures—and a recent video circulating online serves as a perfect example as to why. Kunnakkad Damodaran Nair, known as ...

As the adage goes — an elephant never forgets. After 35 years, Kristy the Asian elephant still has fond memories of her former zookeeper, Peter Adamson. He was Kristy's trainer in the early '70s and ...

OAKLAND — At 5:22 a.m. on Aug. 30, Colleen Kinzley, the elephant keeper at the Oakland Zoo, noticed the water. When a pregnant 8,000-pound African elephant’s water breaks, there tends to be a lot of ...

Scientists say an Asian elephant at a South Korean zoo can imitate human speech, saying five Korean words that are readily understood by people who speak the language. The male elephant, named Koshik, ...

The Great Depression of the 1930s almost totally destroyed the circus industry, an industry that was already on the ropes prior to the financial collapse of Wall Street. Two of the circuses that ...

Jan. 8 (UPI) --Thai authorities arrested an elephant handler in the case of a 22-year-old Spanish tourist who died after being injured by an elephant at a sanctuary in the south of the country. Police ...