Of the 26,000 Asian elephants in India, 3,500 are working animals

India's elephants finally given same protection as tigers

Andrew Buncombe: The humble elephant is not an animal that usually likes to complain. But over the years, while higher-profile species have been the subject of widescale conservation efforts, elephant numbers have been allowed to dwindle

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