Why an Elephant Sanctuary?
• In the wild, elephants walk 30 to 50 miles a day. Walking is the natural means by which these highly social animals exercise, forage for food and maintain their intricate patterns of group behavior. • Because of space limitations, virtually all zoos and circuses severely limit the movement of elephants in their charge. Many captive elephants spend up to eighteen hours a day and sometimes more in chains. • As a result, captive elephants become sick and even die. Lack of exercise, pens and the prevalence of hard concrete floors cause many elephants to live in chronic excruciating pain. • Zoos and circuses are required, under international regulations for endangered and exotic species, to provide for such animals until their death. Because elephants may live to the age of seventy, careful provision must be made for their long-term care. • As an endangered species, Asian elephants are entitled to protection. As highly intelligent animals who have spent their lives serving and entertainin
