Elephant Family
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| Charity | |
| Industry | Animal welfare |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | United Kingdom |
Key people | Mark Shand, Dugal Muller, Robin Russell, Caroline Casey, Nicholas Claxton[1] |
| Website |
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Elephant Family was founded in 2002 by Mark Shand, Caroline Casey, Nicholas Claxton, Dugal Muller and Robin Russell. Elephant Family exists to save the endangered Asian elephant from extinction in the wild, along with tigers, orangutans and all the other animals who share their habitat.[2] Elephant Family is the UK’s biggest funder of conservation efforts (over £6 million) for the endangered Asian elephant.[3]
Leaders
- Mark Shand – Chairman (2009–2014; his death)
- Ruth Powys – Principal Trustee
Partnership
Elephant Family partner with local NGOs across Asia to raise local awareness and to support sustainable in-a country conservation projects.
The NGOs include:[4]
- Asian Elephant Specialist Group
- Cambodia Elephant Conservation Group
- Compass Films
- Danau Girang Field Centre
- Elephant Conservation Network
- Fauna & Flora International
- Grow Back for Posterity
- Hutan
- IFAW
- IUCNI
- Nature Conservation Foundation
- The DodoBase
- The Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation
- Vesswic
- Veterinary Society for Sumatran Wildlife Conservation
- Wildlife Conservation Society
- Wildlife Protection Society of India
- Wildlife Trust of India
- World Land Trust
- Wildlife Society of Odisha
Royal Presidents
- HRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall[5]
References
- ↑ "History of Elephant Family". Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ↑ "Elephant family". Who We Are. Elephantfamily.org.
- ↑ "Elephant Family". Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ↑ "Who we work with". Elephantfamily.org.
- ↑ "Elephant Family Receives Royal Patronage". Retrieved 1 November 2014.
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