The park accepts volunteers to help care for the resident elephants.

And then, except for the occasional circus visit, the five boroughs will be without a resident elephant for the first time in more than 100 years.

And we never got to see Chitabe Camp's resident elephant, who sometimes loiters near the elevated walkways and tents, posing for pictures, and has been known to lift the roof off the kitchen.

Elephant Sanctuary staff work with the resident African elephants to ensure their wellbeing and welfare.

We put up the occupied sign (it said "Wallowing"), filled the tub with warm Zambezi water, each grabbed a beer, and watched Joseph, the resident elephant, pull branches off a mopani tree .

At the Kandalama, three resident elephants take guests on hourlong jungle rides for $20 a person.

The wilds of Eastern Gabon are where you'll find the Ivindo National Park, with its own eco-camp and resident elephants and gorillas.

There are resident elephants, lions, leopards and the giant derby eland; you're unlikely to spot any of these, but you can content yourself with the sight of monkeys (green and hussar), roan antelopes and hartebeest.

The six resident elephants are 'adopted' by the guests for the day.