Elephant Family exists to save the endangered Asian elephant from extinction in the wild, along with tigers, orang-utans and all the other animals who share their habitat. Registered in 2002, they are a young yet hugely ambitious charity that has become the UK’s biggest funder of Asian elephant conservation.
Massive habitat loss in the past 100 years has caused Asian elephant populations to plummet by 90%. This iconic animal is now on the IUCN red list, and without action could be extinct within 30 years. As human activity spreads, natural habitat shrink, increasing the competition between people and animals for living space and food. Human activity is carving up the forest homes of the Asian elephant, marooning wildlife in pockets of forest too small to support them. Stripped of their habitat, starving and stressed herds raid crops and trample villages – causing deaths on both sides.
Working with local people and partner NGOs, Elephant Family currently funds 12 projects across Asia and invests where we are needed most: to protect habitat, prevent conflict and reconnect the forest homes of the endangered Asian elephant.