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Background
There is an opportunity to serve both elephants and humans by focusing on the interfaces between captive/wild elephants, captive elephants/man, and wild elephants/man.
One of every three Asian elephants lives in captivity. Many of these ~14,000 captive Asian elephants lack basic care. Wild elephant populations are at risk of diseases introduced by captive elephants. Elephants and humans are in competition for dwindling forested areas. Conflicts result in deaths of elephants and humans.
In many areas of Africa and Asia, elephants are confined to parks and sanctuaries. When populations exceed the carrying capacity, difficult choices are faced—birth control, culling, or starvation. In places of human-elephant conflict, wild elephants may be captured by governments that lack the will or ability to care for them.
Where logging has been banned (Thailand, parts of India), working elephants that were assets are now liabilities. Many receive poor or no care and some are abandoned. Captive elephants released in the forest pose a threat of introducing diseases into wild populations. In Myanmar, captive logging elephants often breed and intermingle with wild elephants.
Elephant Care International has defined goals to improve elephant healthcare and to reduce human-elephant conflict. Healthcare projects will focus on disease research; supporting the development of longer-term contraceptives as an alternative to culling; educating and building the capacity of in situ veterinarians; and information sharing to inspire collaborative efforts among all professionals concerned with elephants.
We will reduce human and elephant deaths caused by conflict over natural resources by focusing on local village issues: supporting research on new elephant barriers and repellants; integrating community support with social and economic agencies; and providing alternative income means compatible with elephant habitat.
We are organizing a diverse, independent, business-minded board of directors to build a solid plan for growth, funding, and perpetuity of our program. With the board’s support, we can help save elephant and human lives and expand a consciousness of conservation and cooperation. We invite you to be a part of this effort!
To learn more please go to our Mission/Goals/Strategies and Projects
pages.
Mission
Our mission is: “To foster and deliver healthcare for elephants and promote the harmony and well-being of
humans and elephants where they share natural environments.”
Goals / Strategies
• Goal: Create a sound financial structure for Elephant Care International.
Strategy: Establish a professional, independent board to oversee planned programs for funding via in-house projects, donations (public and private), foundations, grants, and collaborations with affiliated organizations.
• Goal: Support direct healthcare for elephants.
Strategy: Organize professional teams to meet technical healthcare needs in the U.S. and abroad; provide in-situ veterinarians with technical advice, supplies, and equipment; and initiate a small hassle-free grants program ($250 - $1,000) for specific needs.
• Goal: Further our global collective knowledge of elephant diseases.
Strategy: Initiate research studies pertinent to diseases of captive and wild elephants.
• Goal: Facilitate cooperation, collaboration, and communication among elephant professionals.
Strategy: Continually expand this website (Elephant Bibliographic Database, Elephant Formulary, Forum…) as the premier resource for elephant healthcare information; solicit and encourage range-country participation; and promote information-sharing.
• Goal: Identify community-based solutions for human-elephant conflict.
Strategy: Team with local villagers, government agencies, NGOs, and other entities to develop innovative elephant barriers and alternative income sources compatible with the preservation of elephant habitat.
• Goal: Inspire greater awareness of broader conservation issues.
Strategy: Utilize the popularity of the elephant to inspire an awareness of conservation issues (and a call to action) in all that we do.
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| Contact
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Elephant Care International
438 N. Central Ave.
Waveland, MS 39576
USA
(931) 796-7102
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http://www.elephantcare.org/
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hh@elephantcare.org
Send conservation, website, or donation emails to Hank Hammatt, hh@elephantcare.org
Send veterinary issues to Susan Mikota DVM, smikota@elephantcare.org
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