Rubbish! Asian Elephants are native to Asia and the last I looked Thailand was in Asia!
In Thai society elephants have played a substantial role in manual labour, war, royal iconography, and the tourism industry. For thousands of years, elephants were captured and trained to be a form of transport and heavy labour. When logging in Thailand was still legal, they hauled heavy logs through forests, which in turn gave many Thai people jobs. In recorded Thai history, during the reign of King Ramkhamhaeng (1279 to 1298) the Great of Sukhothai, Thais used to hunt and trade elephants.
Because of their diet, the natural habitat of the Thai elephant are in tropical forests which are found in the northern and western parts of Thailand: Mae Hong Son, Chumphon, and the border near Burma (Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Erawan Falls National Park), Petchabun range, Dangrek Range, and peninsular Thailand (Ranong, and Trang).[9] Each elephant requires an area of at least 100 km2 to ensure sufficient food.[10] Wild elephants are also found in many other parts of Thailand such as Khao Yai, Thap Lan, Pang Sida National Parks, Chachoengsao, Nam Nao + Phu Kradueng National Parks.
Elephants in Thailand - Wikipedia