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Jaipur, India - September 22, 2015: Mahouts riding elephants along the wall of Amber Fort . Everyday close to 1000 tourist take an elephant ride of 20 to 30 minutes to the fort. Around 80 elephants carry this task. There are some limitation now as the number of trips up to the fortress and also the tourists they carry are limited to two per animal.

Ernakulum, India - January 11, 2012: Young elephants being bathed by their mahouts (carers and trainers) in the Periyar River a few kilometres from Ernakulum and on the way to the hill station of Munnar (all in Kerala, south India). This photograph was shot in the early morning and the elephants seem to be enjoying themselves but they were also being trained to obey their mahouts.

Chiang Mai Province, Thailand - April 3, 2010: Two western tourists enjoy a ride on an elephant during a trek through a typical Northern Thai landscape in Chiang Mai Province. They are escorted by a Thai Mahout who is riding the elphant also. They are seen here crossing a shallow river.

Jaipur, Rajasthan, India - March 21, 2008: Mahouts riding decorated elephants at the annual elephant festival. The festival is held on the day before the Hindu festival of Holi in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. There is a long standing tradition in India of domesticating wild elephants and using them for processions. These elephants are normally used to take tourists to Amber Fort on the outskirts of Jaipur, but once a year they are decorated for the elephant festival.

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