Lucas Bustamante / Sri Lankan elephant (Elephas maximus maximus) walking past tourist jeep with tourists, Yala National Park, Southern Province, Sri Lanka

Avijan Saha/ BIA / Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) juvenile crossing road at night in headlight of car watched by people on the road, West Bengal, India

Francois Savigny / Close-up Indian elephant eye. Bandhavgarh Nationa Park, India

Avijan Saha/ BIA / Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) herd crossing road, West Bengal, India

Yashpal Rathore / Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus), herd passing through Sal tree forest. Jim Corbett National Park, India.

Yashpal Rathore / Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus), herd drinking water and crossing Mountain River at dawn, Jim Corbett National Park, India.

Yashpal Rathore / Asiatic elephants (Elephas maximus), dust bathing at dawn. Jim Corbett National Park, India.

Yashpal Rathore / Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus), herd with few days old calf crossing forest path. Jim Corbett National Park, India.

Yashpal Rathore / Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus) young female play fighting. Jim Corbett National Park, India. 2014

Yashpal Rathore / Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus), female charging, Jim Corbett National Park, India. 2014

Yashpal Rathore / Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus) matriarch leading heard out of forest into grassland. Jim Corbett National Park, India.

Yashpal Rathore / Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus) silhouette of herd grazing at sunset. Jim Corbett National Park, India. 2014

Yashpal Rathore / Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus) male bathing at sunset. Jim Corbett National Park, India. 2014

Yashpal Rathore / Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus) male taking dust bath. Jim Corbett National Park, India. 2014

Tony Heald / Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) domesticated elephant working, picking reeds, Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India, March 2009.

Tony Heald / Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) mother and baby domesticated elephants in water, Bandhavgarh National Park, India. March.

Roland Seitre / Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) baby, India. Endangered species.

Gavin Hellier / Ceremonially decorated Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) and mahout outside the Hawa Mahal / Palace of Winds, Rajasthan, Jaipur, India, 2011.

Ammonite / Close-up of Sri Lankan elephant (Elephas maximus maximus) feeding, using foot and trunk to gather grass, Yala National Park, Sri Lanka.

Ammonite / Sri Lankan elephant (Elephas maximus maximus) feeding, using foot and trunk to gather grass, Yala National Park, Sri Lanka.

Ammonite / Close-up of Sri Lankan elephant (Elephas maximus maximus) feeding, using foot and trunk to gather grass, Yala National Park, Sri Lanka.

Ammonite / Family of Sri Lankan elephant (Elephas maximus maximus) drinking at waterhole, footage taken at night using thermal camera technology, showing cooling thermoregulatory properties of ears, Yala Nationa...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Domestic Asian elephants (Elephas maximas) used for riding safaris with their keepers, Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Domestic Asian elephants (Elephas maximas) used for riding safaris with their keepers, Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Tourists riding on domestic Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) crossing Narayani River in the dawn mist during wildlife safari, Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Tourists riding domesticated Indian Elephant (Elephas maximas) on safari, Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal. October 2011.

Laurent Geslin / Close up of Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) eye, India

Cyril Ruoso / Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) pair playing, Way Kambas National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia

Cyril Ruoso / Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus), Way Kambas National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia

Axel Gomille,Axel Gomille / Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) femalenext to termite mound in forest, Nagarhole National Park, South India

Axel Gomille / Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus), temple elephant gives blessings to pilgrims at the ruins and temple complex of Hampi, Karnataka, India

Edwin Giesbers / Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) close up of skin and tail, captive

Mary McDonald / Domesticated Indian Elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) baby sheltering under its mother, in chains. Pench National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Michael W. Richards / Baby Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) bath time with mother, Pench National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Michael W. Richards / Domesticated Indian elephants (Elephas maximus) being walked to forest at sunset, Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India

Michael W. Richards / Domesticated Indian elephants (Elephas maximus) being walked to forest at end of the working day, Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India

Michael W. Richards / Domesticated Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) low angle view of having howdah fitted to take people into Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India

Michael W. Richards / Wide angle view of baby Indian elephant, domesticated (Elephas maximus indicus), just a few days old standing below mothe'rs legs, Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India

Martin Dohrn / Wide panoramic night thermal camera shot of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) and a herd of Spotted / Chital / Axis deer (Axis axis) in Yala National Park, Sri Lanka

Vivek Menon / Agricultural crops trampled by Indian elephant (Elephas maximus), India.

Bernard Castelein / Asiatic Elephant (Elephas maximus) walking with its trunk in its mouth. Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India, February.

Matthew Maran / Shadow of trained Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) carrying wildlife watchers, in green pool of water, with Barasingha / Swamp deer (Cervus duvaucel) Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India, November 2...

Kevin Schafer / Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) throwing sand onto its back, Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, India

Bernard Castelein / Asiatic / Indian Elephant (Elephas maximus) beside tree, Kaziranga NP, Assam, India

Bernard Castelein / Asiatic / Indian Elephant (Elephas maximus), Kaziranga NP, Assam, India

Andy Rouse / Asian elephant (Elaphus maximus) subadult and calf interacting, probably siblings, Minneria NP, Sri Lanka

Andy Rouse / Asian elephant (Elaphus maximus) two young calves playing, Minneria NP, Sri Lanka

Andy Rouse / Asian elephant (Elaphus maximus) two interacting, captive, Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, Sri Lanka

Andy Rouse / Asian elephant (Elaphus maximus) in lake at sunrise, Minneria NP, Sri Lanka

Andy Rouse / Asian elephant (Elaphus maximus) bathing in river, drinking, captive, Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, Sri Lanka

Andy Rouse / Asian elephant (Elaphus maximus) portrait, Minneria NP, Sri Lanka

Andy Rouse / Asian elephant (Elaphus maximus) two calves of different ages walking side by side, Minneria NP, Sri Lanka

Andy Rouse / Asian elephant (Elaphus maximus) close up of trunk resting on tusk, captive, Pinnawala elephant orphanage, Sri Lanka

Andy Rouse / Asian elephant (Elaphus maximus) mother with trunk over baby, pulling it under her for safety, Minneria NP, Sri Lanka

Andy Rouse / Asian elephant (Elaphus maximus) bathing, Minneria NP, Sri Lanka

Andy Rouse / Asian elephant (Elaphus maximus) young with female in herd, Minneria NP, Sri Lanka

Nick Garbutt / Close-up of foot of chained domestic Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal.

Theo Allofs / Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) 4 week old calf of a female trained as a working elephant for tourism and tiger tracking, India

Jean-Pierre Zwaenepoel / Indian elephant {Elephas maximus} mother and young, Nagarhole NP, Karnataka, India

Jean-Pierre Zwaenepoel / Indian elephant {Elephas maximus} close up of trunk and feet at water edge, Manas NP, Assam, India

Jean-Pierre Zwaenepoel / Indian elephant {Elephas maximus} Manas NP, Assam, India

Toby Sinclair / Indian elephant head profile portrait {Elephas maximus} Ude Walawe NP, Sri Lanka

Ashok Jain / Baby Indian elephant under mother's legs. Kabini NP India. Note teet between front legs

Nick Garbutt / Close up of curled tip of Indian elephant trunk {Elephas maximus} India

Nick Garbutt / Baby Indian elephant touching mother's trunk {Elephas maximus} Kanha NP, India

Nick Garbutt / Close-up of trunk and tusk of Indian elephant {Elephas maximus} Kanha NP, India

ZSSD / Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) pair with entwined trunks, native to India, Asia, Thailand and Laos

Gerry Ellis / Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) curling trunk, India

Gerry Ellis / Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) profile, India

Gerry Ellis / Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) feeding on rainforest vegetation, India

Gerry Ellis / Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) baby, southeast Asia

Konrad Wothe / Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) calf, India

Konrad Wothe / Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) mother and calf, India

Patricio Robles Gil / Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) herd drinking from river, Nagarhole National Park, Karnataka, India

Lockwood & Dattatri / Indian elephant baby (Elephas maximus) Kabini NP India

Lockwood & Dattatri / Indian elephants drinking Kabini NP India

Lockwood & Dattatri / Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) Nagarahole NP, India

Toby Sinclair / 9th century rock carving Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, India

SIMON KING / Boy bathing young male Indian elephant. Sri Lanka

Anup Shah / Indian elephant mother with young drinking in water {Elephas maximus} India

Bernard Castelein / Indian elephant with trunk raised {Elephas maximus} Kaziranga NP, Assam, India

Ross Couper-Johnston / Decorated Indian elephant led in festival procession, Kerala, Southern India

Anup Shah / Baby Indian elephant with adult

John Downer / Indian Elephant {Elephas maximus} being washed by mahout Western Ghats, India. Lifesense

Pete Oxford / Indian elephant grazing, Kaziranga NP, Assam, India

E.A. KUTTAPAN / Indian elephant mother with baby (Elephas maximus) Bandhavgarh NP, India

Neil Lucas / Sir David Attenborough riding Indian elephant during filming of 'Life of Mammals' for BBC tv, Thailand, 2002

Anup Shah / Baby Indian elephant in water looking shocked {Elephas maximus} Indian subcontinent Not available for ringtone/wallpaper use.

Anup Shah / Indian elephant splashing trunk in water {Elephas maximus} Kaziranga, India

Anup Shah / Indian elephant group drinking in river {Elephas maximus} Kaziranga, India

Anup Shah / Indian elephant group drinking {Elephas maximus} Kaziranga, India

Anup Shah / Indian elephant group drinking {Elephas maximus} Kaziranga, India

Hermann Brehm / Indian Elephant in path of fire. Kaziranga National Park, Assam, North East India.

SIMON KING / Young Indian Elephant inspecting bones of dead elephant. Sri Lanka.

Nick Garbutt / Borneo pygmy elephant (Elephas maximus borneensis) feeding in riparian vegetation on banks of Kinabatangan River, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia. May.

Felis Images / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris) rolling on ground, looking at Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) herd. In forest clearing along with Peacock. Mudumalai National Park, Tamil Nadu, India. Photo Phillip Ros...