Selected links elephants in captivity

You will below find a selection of links that are related to elephants in captivity. The majority of organisations listed are working to provide sanctuary or improved welfare for captive elephants. You can find other selected links here - many related to the work of ElephantVoices.

  • The Elephant Charter
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    The purpose of The Elephant Charter is to provide a set of guiding Principles, based on elephant biology, to form a touchstone for anyone needing to address elephant interests.

  • PAWS - Performing Animal Welfare Society (California, USA)
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    PAWS is dedicated to the protection of performing animals, to providing sanctuary to abused, abandoned and retired captive wildlife, to enforcing the best standards of care for all captive wildlife, to the preservation of wild species and their habitat and to promoting public education about captive wildlife issues.
  • The Elephant Sanctuary (Tennessee, USA)
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    The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, founded in 1995, is the US' largest habitat refuge developed specifically for endangered African and Asian elephants.
  • Global Sanctuary for Elephants
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    Global Sanctuary for Elephants Mission: Protecting, rescuing, and providing sanctuary for elephants worldwide.

  • Elephant Sanctuary Brazil - Santuário de Elefantes Brasil
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    Elephant Sanctuary Brazil is a new non-profit organization that will help transform the lives and the future of captive elephants in South America. Read more (English).

  • The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (Kenya)
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    The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust embraces all measures that compliment the conservation, preservation and protection of wildlife. These include anti-poaching, safe guarding the natural environment, enhancing community awareness, addressing animal welfare issues, providing veterinary assistance to animals in need, rescuing and hand rearing elephant and rhino orphans, along with other species that can ultimately enjoy a quality of life in wild terms when grown.

  • Elephant Nature Park (Chiang Mai province, Thailand)
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  • Elephant Reintroduction Foundation (Thailand)
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  • Elephant Haven
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    Elephant Haven's Mission: Offering elephants a place to retire; The resocialization and rehabilitation of elephants; Providing information and researching elephants and their complex needs and behaviors; Thinking along and contributing to a world of respect and protection for elephants and their habitat.

  • Amboseli Trust for Elephants/Amboseli Elephant Research Project (Kenya)
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    The Amboseli Elephant Research Project is the longest study of wild elephants in the world, and work to understand the lives and ensure the future of 1,500 elephants in the Amboseli ecosystem fed by the waters of Kilimanjaro.
  • In Defense of Animals (USA)
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    Protecting the rights, welfare and habitats of animals.
  • Born Free Foundation (UK)
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    Born Free is a charity working to protect threatened species and end individual wildlife suffering.
  • Fondation Franz Weber (Switzerland)
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    Eine Stiftung im Dienste der Tiere und der Natur. Wenn alle Stricke reissen, wenn alles vergeblich scheint, wenn man verzweifeln möchte über die Zerstörung der Natur und das Elend der gequälten und verfolgten Tiere, dann kann man sich immer noch an die Fondation Franz Weber wenden.
  • Elemotion Foundation
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    Elemotion Foundation is a non-profit organization working to improve the lives of Asian elephants.