Kulen Elephant Forest

This guide to Kulen Elephant Forest, outside Siem Reap, opens with Sambo, an elephant who collapsed and died hauling tourists near Angkor Wat in April 2016, after roughly two decades giving rides in the heat. It follows the outcry that spread from there, a petition gathering over fifty thousand signatures against elephant-ride ticket sales, and the pressure that put on tour operators and Cambodian officials alike. Visitors who watched Sambo collapse that afternoon wept on the spot.