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Mar. 14, 2009 -- LUANG PRABANG, LAOS: A mahout (elephant trainer) walks his elephant down a country road near Luang Prabang, Laos. Laos used to be known as the "Land of a Million Elephants" because of the large number of elephants, both wild and working, in the country. The Laotian elephant population is dwindling as wild elephant are hunted or suffer loss of habitat and modern technology in industries that used to use elephants, like logging, switch to mechanized tools. Photo by Jack Kurtz

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Mar. 14, 2009 -- LUANG PRABANG, LAOS: A mahout (elephant trainer) walks his elephant down a country road near Luang Prabang, Laos. Laos used to be known as the "Land of a Million Elephants" because of the large number of elephants, both wild and working, in the country. The Laotian elephant population is dwindling as wild elephant are hunted or suffer loss of habitat and modern technology in industries that used to use elephants, like logging, switch to mechanized tools. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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