"elephant control"

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10 August 2025

A police constable controls the crowd as a large idol of the Hindu god Ganesha is carried through a street during preparations for the upcoming Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, on August 10, 2025. The festival, which honors the elephant-headed deity, is marked with processions, prayers, and cultural events across the state later this month.

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#12140323

9 March 2025

Indian forest officials try to chase a herd of elephants that gathers in a paddy field in the village of Nonoi in Nagaon district in Assam, India, on December 14, 2021.

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#10929164

21 January 2024

An environmentalism activist is investigating the eye-level view of a location in the Leuser Ecosystem forest area that has been converted into an oil palm plantation in Aceh and North Sumatra, Indonesia, on June 6, 2018. The Non-Governmental Organization Sustainable Forest Advocacy (Lembahtari) is protesting against several oil palm plantations within the Gunung Leuser National Park area. Lembahtari Chairman, Sayed Zainal, states that the six-year-old palm oil plantation has been absorbing the community's water pockets in the Gunung Leuser protected forest area, leading to a series of flood disasters.

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#10929176

21 January 2024

An environmentalism activist is investigating the eye-level view of a location in the Leuser Ecosystem forest area that has been converted into an oil palm plantation in Aceh and North Sumatra, Indonesia, on June 6, 2018. The Non-Governmental Organization Sustainable Forest Advocacy (Lembahtari) is protesting against several oil palm plantations within the Gunung Leuser National Park area. Lembahtari Chairman, Sayed Zainal, states that the six-year-old palm oil plantation has been absorbing the community's water pockets in the Gunung Leuser protected forest area, leading to a series of flood disasters.

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27 August 2021

Booth offering marijuana bud kits and other cannabis paraphernalia during a marijuana legalization rally in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on May 01, 2010.

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#6839768

29 June 2021

An elephant show geared towards local tourists in the village of Ban Taklang, in Northeastern Thailand. On June 29, 2021 in Surin, Thailand. Thailand has been closed to international tourism for over a year due to the COVID 19 pandemic. Most elephant camps in tourist destinations around the country had to close down and the elephants have now been forced to return home to their original owners. While "elephant tourism" is in itself controversial, at home the animals face an uncertain future, as often they are the only source of income for the families who own them.

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#6839772

29 June 2021

An elephant show geared towards local tourists in the village of Ban Taklang, in Northeastern Thailand. On June 29, 2021 in Surin, Thailand. Thailand has been closed to international tourism for over a year due to the COVID 19 pandemic. Most elephant camps in tourist destinations around the country had to close down and the elephants have now been forced to return home to their original owners. While "elephant tourism" is in itself controversial, at home the animals face an uncertain future, as often they are the only source of income for the families who own them.

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#6839778

29 June 2021

An elephant show geared towards local tourists in the village of Ban Taklang, in Northeastern Thailand. On June 29, 2021 in Surin, Thailand. Thailand has been closed to international tourism for over a year due to the COVID 19 pandemic. Most elephant camps in tourist destinations around the country had to close down and the elephants have now been forced to return home to their original owners. While "elephant tourism" is in itself controversial, at home the animals face an uncertain future, as often they are the only source of income for the families who own them.

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#6839792

29 June 2021

The elephant that starred in the movie "Tom Yam Goong" with his owner and trainer. The elephant was returned to his original owner from Chiang Mai zoo following the COVID-19 outbreak in Thailand. On June 29, 2021 in Surin, Thailand. Thailand has been closed to international tourism for over a year due to the COVID 19 pandemic. Most elephant camps in tourist destinations around the country had to close down and the elephants have now been forced to return home to their original owners. While "elephant tourism" is in itself controversial, at home the animals face an uncertain future, as often they are the only source of income for the families who own them.

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#6839802

29 June 2021

The elephant that starred in the movie "Tom Yam Goong" with his owner and trainer. The elephant was returned to his original owner from Chiang Mai zoo following the COVID-19 outbreak in Thailand. On June 29, 2021 in Surin, Thailand. Thailand has been closed to international tourism for over a year due to the COVID 19 pandemic. Most elephant camps in tourist destinations around the country had to close down and the elephants have now been forced to return home to their original owners. While "elephant tourism" is in itself controversial, at home the animals face an uncertain future, as often they are the only source of income for the families who own them.

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#6839776

29 June 2021

The owners of several elephants in Ban Taklang welcome a new baby in their family. On June 29, 2021 in Surin, Thailand. Thailand has been closed to international tourism for over a year due to the COVID 19 pandemic. Most elephant camps in tourist destinations around the country had to close down and the elephants have now been forced to return home to their original owners. While "elephant tourism" is in itself controversial, at home the animals face an uncertain future, as often they are the only source of income for the families who own them.

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#6839780

29 June 2021

The owners of several elephants in Ban Taklang welcome a new baby in their family. On June 29, 2021 in Surin, Thailand. Thailand has been closed to international tourism for over a year due to the COVID 19 pandemic. Most elephant camps in tourist destinations around the country had to close down and the elephants have now been forced to return home to their original owners. While "elephant tourism" is in itself controversial, at home the animals face an uncertain future, as often they are the only source of income for the families who own them.

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#6839784

29 June 2021

Elephants returned to Ban Taklang from the tourist island of Phuket now spend their days being take care by their original owners. Most elephants employed by the tourism industry were forced to return to their original owners, after the COVID-19 outbreak forced the closure of the camps that employed them. On June 29, 2021 in Surin, Thailand. Thailand has been closed to international tourism for over a year due to the COVID 19 pandemic. Most elephant camps in tourist destinations around the country had to close down and the elephants have now been forced to return home to their original owners. While "elephant tourism" is in itself controversial, at home the animals face an uncertain future, as often they are the only source of income for the families who own them.

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#6839786

29 June 2021

Elephants returned to Ban Taklang from the tourist island of Phuket now spend their days being take care by their original owners. Most elephants employed by the tourism industry were forced to return to their original owners, after the COVID-19 outbreak forced the closure of the camps that employed them. On June 29, 2021 in Surin, Thailand. Thailand has been closed to international tourism for over a year due to the COVID 19 pandemic. Most elephant camps in tourist destinations around the country had to close down and the elephants have now been forced to return home to their original owners. While "elephant tourism" is in itself controversial, at home the animals face an uncertain future, as often they are the only source of income for the families who own them.

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#6839788

29 June 2021

Elephants returned to Ban Taklang from the tourist island of Phuket now spend their days being take care by their original owners. Most elephants employed by the tourism industry were forced to return to their original owners, after the COVID-19 outbreak forced the closure of the camps that employed them. On June 29, 2021 in Surin, Thailand. Thailand has been closed to international tourism for over a year due to the COVID 19 pandemic. Most elephant camps in tourist destinations around the country had to close down and the elephants have now been forced to return home to their original owners. While "elephant tourism" is in itself controversial, at home the animals face an uncertain future, as often they are the only source of income for the families who own them.

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#6839790

29 June 2021

Elephants returned to Ban Taklang from the tourist island of Phuket now spend their days being take care by their original owners. Most elephants employed by the tourism industry were forced to return to their original owners, after the COVID-19 outbreak forced the closure of the camps that employed them. On June 29, 2021 in Surin, Thailand. Thailand has been closed to international tourism for over a year due to the COVID 19 pandemic. Most elephant camps in tourist destinations around the country had to close down and the elephants have now been forced to return home to their original owners. While "elephant tourism" is in itself controversial, at home the animals face an uncertain future, as often they are the only source of income for the families who own them.

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