About Asian Elephant Support
Elephants throughout Southeast Asia need help from donors. The number of elephants is declining in all regions, and injuries and deaths are increasing due to overwork and abuse as well as conflict with human… Learn More»
Potential Grantees…
Asian Elephant Support (AES) is a legally registered non-profit organization based in the United States. The tax rules for AES are quite important to its relationship with potential grantees because these rules dictate how the board selects projects and how it must account… More »
Medical Care
The veterinarian is the core and foundation of elephant health care. The selection of a veterinarian will have a direct impact on the elephant’s health and well being. A resident veterinarian is the best of all worlds, but a relationship with a veterinarian who makes regular visits for preventative… More »
Feeding
Elephant feeding behavior in the wild serves as our best guidance for caring for them in captivity. Elephants browse and graze for 14 to 18 hours per day, so we need to present opportunities to elicit this browsing behavior as much as possible with elephants in our charge. For example… More »
Daily Care
Elephants are intelligent, social, large, powerful, and capable of being very gentle or at other times quite aggressive. In the wild, elephants from the time they are babies know their place in the herd and learn to be controlled by the older elephants. While in our care, elephant handlers must… More »