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    Elephant care in South East Asia is a 4,000 year old tradition but there are many new techniques such as Target Training Positive Reinforcement, being developed within the region and in the rest of the world to help better look after all elephants. Donate Now
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    While of course we don’t feed our elephants peanuts, they do not cost peanuts to look after either! Most of our elephants are looked after by our single biggest donor, Minor Hotels. We do however still have elephants under the Foundation that need help. It takes approximately US$18,000 to look after a single elephant for a year. Donations will go directly to general camp upkeep and looking after these five lovely elephants.Donate Now
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    Help us to make a difference in the hometown of elephants, Baan Taklang in Surin, Thailand. Your donations will help give back to this community and guarantee a better future the elephants and next generation of mahouts. Donate Now

The Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation (GTAEF) was set up primarily to help elephants that cannot help themselves: for those that find themselves, through abuse or through circumstance, unable to provide and maintain an income for themselves, for their mahouts and their families.

We believe that in an ideal world all elephants would be wild and there would be no need to discuss elephants’ work. Until we reach that point the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation works with our partner hotels to give and promote ethical work for those elephants that are able, while providing a safe, healthy environment for those that are not.

We perform rescues for elephants, mahouts and families; we cooperate with the government and other organisations in ‘bigger picture’ projects; and, at all times, we endeavour to ensure that net good is done and that our actions in helping one elephant do not adversely affect others.

 

“We do not buy elephants”

Our Projects

The Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation not only works with Captive Thai Elephants, but supports and oversees many other wild elephant and conservation projects…

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OUR ELES

Here at GTAEF our elephants come in all shapes and sizes, with personalities to match! Meet some of our Elephants and learn their stories…

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HOW CAN I HELP?

MAKE A DONATION,VISIT US AND THE ELEPHANTS, EDUCATE YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS

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