Elephant Conservation Charities

 

 

Some of the organisations/charities helping elephants include:

World Elephant Day which is an annual international campaign to bring people together to help elephants.  The World Elephant Society is the nonprofit tax exempt charity organisation which helps support the campaign, website and events.

World Elephant Day 2019
It's World Elephant Day on 12th August

Space for Giants is an international conservation charity, with more than a decade of experience facilitating the conservation and management of African elephants, and the landscapes they depend on.  Find out more here

Tsavo Trust in Kenya have a wildlife conservation programme, including the Big Tusker Project,, a Community Conservancy Programme, and an Animal Welfare Programme.  The Tsavo Trust partners with the Tusk Trust in the UK and Tusk USA

The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust has veterinary units, an Orphan Project,  20 anti-poaching units and a community outreach programme.  It also gives direct support to the Kenyan Wildlife Service.  You can donate here.  And you can adopt an elephant here for £35.00

The Mali Elephant Project aims to protect a unique population of 550 sub-desert elephants. It is a joint initiative of The WILD Foundation and the International Conservation Fund of Canada.  Funding is being used to train and mobilize a rapid response armed anti-poaching force who can act on information provided by the project’s community information networks.  Visit the project here

The International Elephant Foundation has programmes in Asia and Africa, including conservation methods using dogs and horses, and working to help farmers and elephants co-exist.   This is a US organisation.  Visit the IEF here

Elephants for Africa is dedicated to protecting the African elephant through education and research. 

Reteti Elephant Sanctuary takes in orphaned and abandoned elephant calves with an aim to release them back into the wild herds adjoining the Sanctuary. 

Save the Elephants have a number of projects, including Turning Poachers into Gamekeepers.  It undertakes vital research on elephant behaviour and ecology and pioneered GPS radio tracking in Africa to provide fresh insight into the life of elephants, and it develops and deploys cutting edge tracking systems to monitor and protect elephants. Find out more here

500 Elephants involves the relocation of up to 500 elephants (and a good number of other species) is the largest ever translocation of elephants to a single nature reserve.  This initiative is aiming to reduce conflict and protect habitat in Majete and Liwonde, and create Malawi’s premiere elephant sanctuary in Nkhotakota.  Find out more here

Elephant Family protect Asian elephants and their habitat and help create space for people and elephants. In recent years they have has supported 200 field projects in six elephant range states: India, Thailand, Indonesia (Sumatra), Malaysia (Borneo), Myanmar and Cambodia.  Visit them here 

Wildlife SOS have an Elephant Hospital Campus and a dedicated team of veterinarians and trained staff work 24/7 to cater to the needs of rescued elephants and to reassure them that they are at a safe place. They also have an Elephant Rehabilitation Centre and an Elephant Conservation and Care centre

The International Elephant Foundtion is dedicated to the conservation of African and Asian Elephants worldwide.

Adopt a wildlife ranger or wildlife guardian - many of these will be protecting elephants, which is increasingly dangerous as many poachers are armed

Please say NO to elephant trekking:    

  • Elephants have to be tamed before they can take part in treks - which inevitably involves beatings and being kept in small cages while they are young until they are broken
  • Young elephants are taken from the wild to support the tourist trade, often resulting in the killing of their mother
  • Elephants are strong but not designed to carry heavy weights on their backs - carrying people all day will cause suffering
  • Many elephants will have to endure hard, relentless, long days.  When they are not working, they will be chained.

Responsible Travel lists 16 elephant conservation holidays - click here to see them

Instead of putting elephant trekking on your bucket list, why not have an elephant conservation holiday instead?