Advertisement'A Million Elephants' No More: Conservationists In Laos Rush To Save An IconMay 12, 2019Ashley WestermanfacebookEmailHandlers, known as mahouts, ride elephants along a mountain ridge at the Elephant Conservation Center in Xayaboury, Laos. The center has 29 elephants, most of which spent long careers hauling logs in Laos' logging industry. (NPR)