As an interdisciplinary field, anthrozoology is concerned with the myriad of interactions between humans and other animals. However, anthrozoology’s very interdisciplinarity can lead to difficulties fitting neatly into other more established academic fields or finding journals in which to publish. The author’s journey through anthrozoological fieldwork, working closely with elephants employed in the tourism industry, led to feelings of liminality—as if she was existing in the spaces between academic fields, between nations and between owners, elephants, and advocates in Nepal. Elephants participating in fieldwork for this study also appeared to reside in a liminal space. Working as tourist conveyances, these elephants were alternatingly viewed as owned commodities, deities, abused servants, and endangered species. The tensions that exist between the historical roles of anthrozoologists, elephant owners, and elephants serve to illustrate the liminality of both researchers and research participants.