One of the missions of the Elephant Conservation Center is to breed elephants for conservation purposes. If an other place wants to breed to protect the species, we share our experience and our knowledge. In this context, the ECC started to monitor 2 females from Mekong Elephant Park 9 months ago. After receiving all the blood samples, our biologist has been able to know their cycle. These two females are…

This week, we will show what is happening in the protected area of Nam Pouy. As a reminder, we have started to release elephants into the wild in March 2019 in collaboration with the Lao Government and with the support of IEP (International Elephant Project), Fondation Ensemble, and Senspa. Our team goes to check on them regularly, and we are happy to say everything is going great! You can have…

We don’t collect blood only on females, but also on males. You can listen to the explanations of our biologist Anabel Lopez Perez to know why we collect blood and why we check the weight.

Our friends at Conservation Careers have taken the time to write an article about us and our ongoing projects. Now you have some interesting reading for this weekend! Saving the Elephants in Laos #conservationcareers #savingtheelephants #wildlifeconservation

Not much is known about the social life of male elephants. Before, people always thought they were mostly solitary. This week, we will show you a unique project that has started at the ECC during the COVID19 crisis: the socialization of our male elephants. There are around 800 elephants left in Laos: 400 in the wild and 400 in captivity. On top of that, the captive male elephant population is…

It might be summer holidays for many of you, but not for the ECC-team. We would like to give you an update on what is going on at the Center. During the next 6 weeks, we will try to give you an insight into a particular part of our work in the field. This week, we give you an update on Bua Banh, our injured male who still needs care.…