A mahout cleans a paw of a rescued elephant at Elephant Conservation and Care Centre, in Mathura.

Elephants at the Elephant Rehabilitation Centre in Kottoor, near Thiruvananthapuram.

Mahouts bathe elephants at the Elephant Rehabilitation Centre in Kottoor, near Thiruvananthapuram.

Mahouts bathe elephants at the Elephant Rehabilitation Centre in Kottoor, near Thiruvananthapuram.

Elephants being fed at the Elephant Rehabilitation Centre in Kottoor, near Thiruvananthapuram.

Mahouts bathe elephants at the Elephant Rehabilitation Centre in Kottoor, near Thiruvananthapuram.

Mahouts bathe elephants at the Elephant Rehabilitation Centre in Kottoor, near Thiruvananthapuram.

Baby elephants at the Elephant Rehabilitation Centre in Kottoor, near Thiruvananthapuram.

Mahouts bathe elephants at the Elephant Rehabilitation Centre in Kottoor, near Thiruvananthapuram. The Rehabilitation Centre, planned on the lines of the Pinnawala Elephant Orphana...