Out-of-work jumbos in crisis

Looking for food, and work: Baby elephant Pangmaemae Plainamo walking with her mother and a mahout at Ban Ta Klang village in Surin. Thailand has about 3,200 to 4,000 captive elephants, say official agencies. — Reuters

In the northeastern village of Ban Ta Klang in Thailand, Siriporn Sapmak starts her day by doing a livestream of her two elephants on social media to raise money to survive.

The 23-year-old, who has been taking care of elephants since she was in school, points her phone to the animals as she feeds them bananas and they walk around the back of her family home.