For more than forty years, a bull elephant named Thong Bai was one of the most recognizable animals in Thailand — a fixture in beer commercials, films and wedding ceremonies, and an informal symbol of Surin province. For most of that time, he lived in chains. A Career Built on Fame, Not Freedom Thong Bai, privately owned, spent decades as a working elephant whose … [Read more...] about Elephant forced to entertain tourists for over 40 years has gotten its first taste of freedom