1.   For one thing, the occupation of elephant handler is perhaps the riskiest in North America.

2.   The designated elephant handler was nowhere to be found, so Gantt acted quickly.

3.   A national animal welfare group has filed cruelty charges against an elephant handler who stabbed a young animal with a pitch fork, the group said Tuesday.

4.   Many elephant handlers bring the animals to cities to beg on the streets for food.

5.   Thai elephant handlers appeared outside the Indonesian Embassy Friday, riding on their beasts to demand the return of five elephants.

6.   Thailand is extremely deforested, and many elephant handlers have chosen to bring their beasts into cities to roam the streets and beg.