Researchers in Northern Laos are combating the decline of Asian elephants, with a population plummeting from 1500 to only 500-1000 elephants due to habitat loss, logging, and limited breeding.

Although at the time, we had no idea what a star he was going to be. I had never seen an elephant before I saw Raja – and his sheer scale blew me away. Raja was a magnificent forty year-old ...

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