In pictures: Elephant training in Aceh, Indonesia

Two baby elephants play at the training centre (Hotli Simanjuntak / EPA / March 7, 2014)

An elephant trainer, or ‘Mahot’, works with a baby elephant. (Hotli Simanjuntak / EPA / March 7, 2014)

A trainer rides an elephant as it snacks at the centre in Aceh. (Hotli Simanjuntak / EPA / March 7, 2014)

A trainer, or ‘Mahot’, pets a young elephant at the training centre. (Hotli Simanjuntak / EPA / March 7, 2014)

The watery eye of an elephant at the centre. (Hotli Simanjuntak / EPA / March 7, 2014)

Robert Mickelson

The elephant training centre in Saree village, known as PLG-Saree, was set up in 1994 as a place to train tame elephants. It was previously used by rangers who guard the forest against poachers and illegal loggers who hunt wild animals from the protected forest.

Updated: March 09, 2014, 12:00 AM