Born Free Foundation - Keep Wildlife in the Wild

Asian elephants might be smaller than their African relatives, but they are ideally suited for the forest environments they mainly inhabit.  Asian elephants are mainly threatened by loss of this habitat, due to competition with people for land.  The Asian elephant has a long association with humans and is domesticated in certain countries.  Captive breeding is rarely successful so elephant calves are caught from the wild to be trained to carry logs, kept in temples and used for elephant-back safaris.

Part of the Elephant Campaign