The Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) has launched a campaign to Save Bull Elephants. By donating to their cause, “Bucks For Bulls,” you can help rescue bull elephants like Nicholas or Prince who now have a peaceful life and can live like elephants, as they should. “The “Bucks For Bulls” premise is simple. Every friend of … Continue reading »
Name: Nicholas Date of Birth: 15 December 1993 Gender: Male Where Now: PAWS Wildlife Sanctuary Elephas Maximus For more information and Videos of Nicholas that you will love see them at: PAWS He was forced to ride a special elephant sized tricycle when he was very young (he was taken from his mama … Continue reading »
The goal was to raise $1.5 million dollars “to go towards securing a series of pioneering elephant corridors in Asia” and to be used among other “Elephant Family projects”. What are elephant Corridors? They are a “modern day conservation + humanitarian solution that works”. They allow elephants the space they need to roam from … Continue reading »
Vowing to carry on the good works of Camilla’s late brother, HRH Prince Charles, along with HRH,the Duchess of Cornwall, stepped in last year as “joint Presidents of Elephant Family,” after the sudden death of its founder Mark Shand. As a part of their Royal duties they intend to make room for Saving Asian Elephants. … Continue reading »
Name: Lom Name in Thai: Umbrella Gender: Female Where Now: Boon Lott’s Elephant Sanctuary Location: near the village of Baan Tuek in Sukhothai, North Thailand For more Photos of Lom see them at: Boon Lott’s Elephant Sanctuary Lom / Umbrella Katherine Connor, founder of Boon Lott’s Elephant Sanctuary has spoken of this sweet elephant as … Continue reading »
Sometimes there is no other joy like being an elephant and with Faa Mai, the “first born free” elephant at Elephant Nature Park who came into this world on 17 April 2009, there is no holding back. She finds happiness in so much around her, in fact, that she has come to be called “the … Continue reading »
She was the first baby elephant born at the Elephant Nature Park (ENP) sanctuary on 17 April 2009 from ENP parents, (Mae Bua Tong is her mother). This little one, Faa Mai (Pha Mai), her name meaning “A New Day,” was never exposed to the cruelty that many other elephants in Thailand experience even to … Continue reading »
Name: Jungle Boy Thai Name: Thong Suk Gender: Male Where Now: Elephant Nature Park in affiliation with Save Elephant Foundation Location: Chiang Mai province, Northern Thailand Thong Suk For more Photos of Jungle Boy see them at: Elephant Nature Park The first glimpses Lek had of Jungle Boy was when she noticed the movements of … Continue reading »
An Elephant’s Understanding of the Concept of Death “You’ve all heard about elephant graveyards? Of course that is a myth. But what is not a myth is the amount of attention that elephants pay to their own species.” In the aftermath of the poaching crisis of the 1970’s Dr. Wasser arrived in … Continue reading »
“We are losing 50K elephants per year.” We have “only 470k elephants left on this planet.” “Habitat loss was traditionally the cause of dwindling wildlife populations, now poaching has overtaken this.” Illegal wildlife trafficking has become the 4th largest activity of the transnational organized crime networks, valued at $20 billion per year. Are Elephants … Continue reading »