“The elephant is the largest vegetarian of all, with a sophisticated social life, loving and affectionately caring for its own.”

“How in the world did that huge elephant get in this room? It doesn't even fit through the door!”

“Their value as gifts was established as early as 802 when the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid sent an elephant to Charlemagne.”

“The infantry units were supported by cavalry and elephantry corps.”

“Thailand's beloved elephants need health care and skilled people to administer to the animals.”

“On the trek in we'd bob high through the green morass and snarl, chains rattling, as our elephants galumphed majestically through the foliage.”

“Lions, leopards, elephants and giraffes roam the game reserves, and to see them in the flesh is a marvellous experience.”