In Thailand, elephants were the workhorses for the nation's logging industry. When the government banned logging in the 1980s, many elephant trainers, or mahouts, found themselves out of work.

But in northern Thailand, the government-sponsored Elephant Conservation Center keeps them employed.

The World Vision Report's Cynthia Graber takes a ride on an elephant and talks with its trainer, who spends more time with his elephant than he does with his family.

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