Continent-wide elephant numbers dropped by 30 percent between 2007 and 2014, according to the Great Elephant Census, an 18-country aerial elephant count conducted by Elephants Without Borders that ...

Jongjiangam is a mahout—an elephant caretaker and trainer. So are her dad and her brother. She wants her daughter to grow up with elephants too. The family’s home is one of many that dot the ...