Elephant safari is a lucrative business in Nepal, especially in Sauraha, a tourism hub located in the southwestern Chitwan district, some 170 km from the capital.
Sambo, the internationally famous elephant known for years as one of capital Phnom Penh's most famous attractions, will retire to northeastern Cambodia's Mondulkiri province this week, an owner and officials said Tuesday.
Three poachers were sentenced Wednesday by a Zimbabwean court up to 16 years in prison for killing 87 elephants using toxic cyanide in one of Africa's prime elephant sanctuaries, state media reported.