Help protect elephants today

Your donation today could help give elephants the life they were always denied.

Right now, there are elephants suffering a long life of abuse and neglect, all in the name of tourism.

Elephant riding is still common at tourist hotspots In Vietnam. But behind every ride is a lifetime of cruelty.

Elephants are taken young, broken into submission so they fear humans and kept in chains for decades. They’re robbed of the chance to roam, play or be social. Forced to carry tourists on their backs day after day in the heat. When not carrying tourists, they’re simply left chained, no food, no water, no enrichment.

A gift from you could change that, for good.

This was the life of Y’Door, Y’Ghen and Bun Kohn.

When our rescue team first saw them, all three elephants were showing signs of deep distress, the kind of behaviour elephants only develop after years of stress and confinement.

Y’Door, 44, had both his tusks cut short so they could be sold. His tail is scarred and stripped of hair.

Y’Ghen, 53, is missing his right tusk, likely also sold for profit.

Bun Kohn, 43, has a hole torn through her left ear from where a rope was forced through.

Every scar tells the same story: a life spent suffering, not living.

But thanks to supporters like you, Y’Door, Y’Ghen and Bun Kohn were rescued.

For the first time in decades, they can roam freely in the forest. For the first time they can bathe in mud, forage and choose their own company. No saddles. No rides. No chains.

It will take time for them to unlearn a lifetime of fear. But every day at our ethical elephant sanctuary, they take another step towards the life they should always have had.

It’s because of donors like you that Y’Door, Y’Ghen and Bun Kohn made it out.

Thanks to animal champions like you, they now live peacefully. Supported and cared for by their mahouts, they are free to roam, while tourists observe them in their natural habitat from a respectful distance.

There are still more elephants out there, waiting for their chance. Will you help them?

Your generosity could help another elephant find freedom and end the practice of elephant riding.

Our charity information:

Hong Kong SAR, China: Animals Asia Foundation Limited; Company Number 22232257
United Kingdom: Animals Asia Foundation; Registered Charity Number 1086903; Company Number 04185603
Germany: Animals Asia Foundation e.V.; München Registernummer VR17355; Tax Number 143/210/40684
Italy: Associazione Animals Asia Italia – Ente Del Terzo Settore (ETS); Iscritta al Registro Unico Nazionale del Terzo Settore (RUNTS), sezione “g – Altri enti del Terzo settore” – rep. n. 174015; Codice Fiscale 95125570101
Australia: Animals Asia Foundation (Australia) Limited; ACN 107 630 357; ABN 53 107 630 357
United States: Animals Asia Foundation; EIN 99-3376236