Insights
Elephant Poem #2
Corinne Morton taught her 6th Grade Science classes in Ithaca, NY (USA) about the plight of elephants in the wild and captivity. Read poem 2 of 3.
FAE welcomes Baby Elephant
On February 16, 2010, the Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE) Elephant Hospital welcomed elephants Kamnoi and her newborn baby boy. Both look healthy and happy.
Elephant Poems by 6th Graders
Corinne Morton taught her 6th Grade Science classes in Ithaca, NY (USA) about the plight of elephants in the wild and captivity. Read poem 1 of 3.
China’s demand for ivory influences CITIES’s ban
A passion for ivory ornaments helped decimate African and Asian elephant populations until a 1989 ban on ivory trade. Today, China’s economic rise, and an insatiable appetite for status symbols by its nouveau riche, has spurred demand for African ivory.
FAE’s Mobile Vet Clinic
In addition to providing comprehensive veterinary care at the Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE) Elephant Hospital in Lampang, Thailand, FAE also offers a Mobile Vet Clinic for elephant owners and camps that cannot afford to bring their elephants to the Elephant Hospital.
9 Ways to Help Elephants
Joyce Poole’s eight ways to help elephants include: Stop going to circuses, Stop importing elephants to zoos, Don’t go on an elephant-back safari or trek, and Travel as an eco-tourist.