Asian Elephant Art & Conservation Project

06/14/2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/14/nyregion/happy-elephant-animal-rights.html?referringSource=articleShare

An animal advocacy group had argued that the elephant was being illegally detained at the Bronx Zoo, in a case involving deep ethical questions about the basic rights of highly intelligent animals.

03/07/2022

RIP Nadungamuwa Raja 😔 1953-2022

Nadungamuwa Vijaya Raja (නැදුන්ගමුව විජය රාජා) popularly known as Nadungamuwa Raja was an Indian tusker born in 1953 in Mysore India. He was the current main casket bearer of the procession of Esala (Perahera) held in Kandy Sri Lanka and was one of the two elephant calves gifted by a Mysuru Maharaja to the veteran native physician monk resided in Nilammahara Temple Piliyandala.Raja is cared by Wilson Kodithuwakku aka "Kalu Mama"

07/15/2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/14/arts/design/rembrandt-elephant-exhibition.html?referringSource=articleShare

An exhibition in Amsterdam explores the wandering life and untimely death of Hansken, an Asian elephant who became a spectacle in 17th-century Europe.

06/04/2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/science/elephant-trunks-suction.html?referringSource=articleShare

A new study highlights the impressive biomechanics and suction power of an elephant’s most defining appendage.

06/04/2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/world/asia/china-elephants.html?referringSource=articleShare

The elephants have roamed 300 miles across southern China, in the longest movement recorded in the country by the animals. Researchers are mystified.

12/24/2020

Happy Birthday Chandana! 🐘👑🎉
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Happy birthday to Chandana, Rani's mahout!
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Rani and Chandana have been together since 2001 and have build an amazing friendship which many mahouts admire!
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We hope you both have an amazing day today!
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06/24/2020

This is real mother and daughter love! ❤️
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04/09/2020

Back in 1998, the AEACP brought the idea of teaching elephants how to paint to SE Asia as an alternative to illegal logging and to being used in the burgeoning tourist trade. The concept behind the AEACP is and always was 'using art to benefit the elephants'. This was accomplished by raising funds through the sale of artwork created by the elephants themselves as a way to help support the elephants and their caretakers.

In the 20+ years since our inception, elephant painting has largely been co-opted by the tourism industry in many SE Asian countries. Nevertheless, the elephants find themselves again in a similar situation - out of work but with no wild to return to (see BBC article below).

While we understand times are tough for everyone across the globe, should you be interested in donating or purchasing a painting to help support these elephants in need, please visit us at www.elephantart.org.

Thank you for your support.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52110551

As visitors stay away because of coronavirus, many elephant keepers can no longer feed the animals.

03/19/2020

Once a purely conservation issue, it is now also considered a threat to biosecurity, public health and the economy.