Two elephants play next to lake at sanctuary in Thailand

Footage shows two friendly elephants playing next to a lake at an animal sanctuary in Nan province, Thailand on August 8.

As of 2023, there are an estimated 3,084-3,500 wild elephants in Thailand. The population has been increasing in recent years, but it is still a fraction of the estimated 300,000 wild elephants that lived in Thailand at the beginning of the 20th century. The main threats to wild elephants in Thailand are habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching, and conflict with humans.