image: Two elephants expressing affiliative behaviors at the Elephant Conservation Center’s forest.
Credit: Anabel López Pérez, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Captive male Asian elephants can live together peacefully and with little stress, if introduced slowly and carefully, per Laos case study of 8 unrelated males
Article URL: https://plos.io/4oYWIwt
Article title: Socializing a group of male Asian elephants in a semi-captive facility in Lao PDR
Author countries: Thailand, Lao P.D.R., U.S.
Funding: This research was supported by graduated school Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Grant number;2562), Chiang Mai University, Thailand. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Journal
PLOS One
Article Title
Socializing a group of male Asian elephants in a semi-captive facility in Lao PDR
Article Publication Date
26-Nov-2025
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.