Pai Lin News Today

An investigation into wildlife tourism in Bali and Lombok found over 1000 animals were being exploited, purely to please tourists.

A wildlife rescue group in Thailand, Wildlife Friends Foundation (WFFT), has released photographs to the news organization CNN, which show the impact that tourists in the country are having on elephants. For some time now, elephants have been used as a tourist attraction in Thailand, with travelers being able to...

A heartbreaking photo shows a 71-year-old female elephant whose spine has been disfigured after working 25 years in the tourism industry.

A photo of an elephant gaining traction on social media shows the terrible toll tourist rides can take on the creatures.

"This continuous pressure on their [Elephants'] bodies can deteriorate the tissue and bones on their back, causing irreversible physical damage to their spine," the organization said.

A rescued elephant that ended up with a deformed spine after carrying tourists for 25 years prompted an animal rescue in Thailand. Read more here.

Pai Lin, around 71, would carry up to six tourists at a time, resulting in irreversible spinal damage.