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For Asia's elephants, life in captivity is filled with pain, isolation, and despair. But life does not have to be this way.
Change is possible!
In an unprecedented gesture of faith in a US-based nonprofit organization, private NGOs in Thailand and the Nepalese government invited Elephant Aid International (EAI) to create their countries' first-ever solar powered chain-free corrals.
As of August 2015, EAI has built chain-free corrals at Friends of the Asian Elephant Hospital and Boon Lott's Elephant Sanctuary, both in Thailand, and at Chitwan National Park, Nepal, where 63 elephants work and live.
EAI founder and CEO Carol Buckley will return to Nepal in December 2015 to continue the Chain-Free Means Pain Free initiative as well as give elephant pedicures and continue the Mahout Elephant Training Initiative (positive reinforcement based training).
The mahouts of Chitwan National Park recognize the benefits of their elephants living chain-free, but it also increases their workload.
We can help. The mahouts need supplies and gear that are difficult or even impossible to obtain in Nepal.
By providing simple supplies like flashlights, rubber boots, umbrellas and wheel barrows, we can and will make a tangible difference in the lives of captive elephants and their caregivers in Nepal. Join us!