Elephant Family
Elephant Family
Elephant Family is the only UK charity solely dedicated to the conservation of wild and captive Asian elephants.
In the last one hundred years, Asian elephant populations have plummeted from 200,000 to circa 30,000, with 66% of those losses occurring in the last ten years. Classified as ‘Endangered’ by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the survival of the Asian elephant is now a matter of increasing urgency.
Due to a lack of attention and investment for this cause, the group was founded in 2002. Its mission is to achieve a world in which the Asian elephant is no longer endangered and is able to live unthreatened within its own habitat.
Elephant Family currently supports 10 projects across India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. Their activities range from securing vital wildlife ‘corridors’ and helping remote farming communities to live safely inside wild elephant territory, to rescuing abused street elephants and providing free veterinary care. These projects fall under three core areas of work: (1) habitat conservation; (2) health & welfare; and (3) education. Elephant Family only partners with rigorously selected grassroots organisations who are equipped to achieve significant results in these locations.
Patrons
The Duchess of York
Her Royal Highness, The Rajmata of Jaipur
Sir Evelyn de Rothschild
Goldie Hawn
George Martin
Trustees
Caroline Casey
Nicholas Claxton
Dugal Muller
Lord Robin Russell
Mark Shand