We need to act now

BTEH is dedicated to the well-being and survival of African and Asian elephants, fostering socio-ecological resilience in communities seeking human-elephant coexistence, and striving for a world where both elephants and people can thrive. Our community-based conservation approach, developed since BTEH’s founding in 2004, emphasises shared decision-making, sustainability, equality, and partnerships. Through our projects, we promote evidence-based solutions that achieve human-elephant coexistence through range expansion, habitat restoration and supporting farmers in elephant-friendly livelihoods and land use, generating benefits for people, elephants and the ecosystems they share.

Sponsor a Wildlife Camera

Bring The Elephant Home is launching a community-driven research program to identify individual elephants and understand their movements using wildlife cameras—motion-activated cameras that record images and videos of elephants throughout the night. These cameras provide critical insights into elephant behavior, helping us develop science-based strategies to prevent conflict and promote coexistence. You can make a difference. Donate now and sponsor a wildlife camera today and help turn human-elephant conflict into human-elephant coexistence!

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For the future of elephants!

Elephants are a keystone species in the ecosystems they are part of. Elephants disperse seeds, maintain grasslands and find water, all crucial for the survival of other species.

The mission of Bring The Elephant Home is to increase the chances of survival for elephants
in the wild and strive towards a
harmonious world where both humans and elephants can thrive, mutually benefiting from
coexistence.

Antoinette van de Water – founder BTEH

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Bring The Elephant Home is active on three continents. There is a lot of work to do for our various projects around the world, and we help to realise our ambitious plans is always welcome! More info: support@bteh.org. Meet the team!

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  • 👉 Sponsor a wildlife camera today! Link in our bio! 🐘📸 Meet M-015, we first met this tuskless adult male on March 13, 2020 (Thai Elephant Day). He has two holes in his right ear, likely from moving through thorny vegetation, which helps our research team distinguish him from other elephants. M-015 has become one of the most frequently sighted elephants on our wildlife cameras monitoring elephant activity in farms bordering Kuiburi National Park. Remarkably, despite his visibility on farms, we haven’t spotted M-015 during visits inside the protected area for over five years! This is why wildlife cameras are so important; they allow us to capture and analyze the complex and cryptic behaviors of elephants we might never see without these tools! If we can better understand elephants like M-015, we can develop targeted strategies to prevent crop damage and promote human-elephant coexistence. 👉 Sponsor a wildlife camera and help us track, protect, and coexist with elephants like M-015: https://bring-the-elephant-home.org/sponsor-a-wildlife-camera/ #ElephantConservation #sponsorawildlifecamera #WildlifeResearch #HumanElephantCoexistence #KuiburiNationalPark #SupportConservation
  • 🌿🐘 New Podcast! 🎙️ This Thai Elephant Day, our Elephant Research Manager, Ave Owen, was featured in the latest Asia for Animals Podcast! 🎧 @asiaforanimals In this episode, Ave discusses the unique personalities of elephants and why understanding their individuality is key to fostering human-elephant coexistence. 🐘 🔗 Listen to the podcast here: https://asiaforanimals.podbean.com/e/understanding-elephant-individuality-key-to-achieving-human-elephant-coexistence/ 📸 Support elephant conservation! One of the best ways to understand and protect elephants is through wildlife cameras. Our Sponsor a Wildlife Camera campaign helps us monitor elephant movements, study their behaviors, and create solutions for peaceful coexistence. Every donation brings us closer to a future where humans and elephants share space safely. 👉 Sponsor a camera today: https://bring-the-elephant-home.org/sponsor-a-wildlife-camera/ #ThaiElephantDay #SponsorAWildlifeCamera #HumanElephantCoexistence #ElephantConservation #BringTheElephantHome #WildlifeResearch #Coexistence #SupportConservation
  • Help Protect Thailand’s Elephants: Sponsor a Wildlife Camera! Today is Thai Elephant Day, and we’re launching our campaign to raise €10,000 by Endangered Species Day (May 16th)—we need your help to make it happen! ❤️Donate now: https://bring-the-elephant-home.org/sponsor-a-wildlife-camera/ 🐘Watch our new video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXRlO_oClN8 (Links in our bio!) By placing motion-activated wildlife cameras, we can identify individual elephants, monitor their nightly movements, and develop science-based strategies to prevent conflict! Choose from 6 donation levels—starting at just €25—and see how your contribution makes a difference. Together, let’s turn conflict into coexistence! #ThaiElephantDay #EndangeredSpeciesDay #SponsorAWildlifeCamera #ElephantConservation #Kuiburi #HumanElephantCoexistence #SupportElephants #WildlifeCameras #CommunityDriven #BringTheElephantHome
  • 🚨 LAST CHANCE to Join the South Africa Elephant Research Experience! 🚨 Spots are almost gone! Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work alongside top conservationists and ecologists in South Africa’s Kariega Game Reserve. 🐘✨ 📅 Dates: May 26 – June 4, 2025 📍 Where: Kariega Game Reserve, South Africa 🔎 Track and identify wild elephants 📡 Utilize cutting-edge conservation tech 📊 Record elephant behavior & social interactions 🧪 Measure stress levels & collect dung samples 📖 Contribute to real-world elephant conservation research This is your final chance to be part of this groundbreaking expedition. With only a few spots left, you need to act NOW! ⏳ 🔗 Apply now: www.bit.ly/SAELE25 Tag a friend who would love this adventure! 🐘🌿 #ElephantConservation #ResearchExperience #WildlifeScience #SouthAfrica #SaveTheElephants
  • 🌿🐘 Meet F-003! This young adult female elephant has been in our individual ID database for over four years. She travels with her two offspring—M-006, a sub-adult tusker, and a juvenile female—but sometimes branches out and joins bigger herds of up to 11 elephants! This fluid grouping is a prime example of Asian elephants’ fission-fusion behavior, where social structures shift in response to changing environments. Observing F-003’s ever-adapting family helps us better understand the complexity of elephant societies and the resilience they display in the wild. Photo #1 is from 2024 and Photo #2 is from 2020! (📸Dhruv Rungta) #Elephants #FissionFusion #WildlifeResearch #ElephantConservation #FemaleElephant #AsianElephants #WildlifePhotography #ConservationScience #FieldResearch #AnimalBehavior #ElephantSociety #SaveWildlife
  • 🌍🐘 Happy World Wildlife Day! 🐝🌿 Every year, we celebrate the incredible biodiversity that sustains our planet. But conservation isn't just about protecting wildlife—it’s about creating a future where people and nature thrive together. At Bring The Elephant Home, we work hand-in-hand with communities to find real solutions for human-elephant coexistence—restoring forests, supporting farmers, and pioneering sustainable ways to share landscapes across Asia and Africa. 📢 Your support makes this possible! A donation today helps us continue vital work! 🐘💚 Donate now: https://buff.ly/h43Enky [Link in our bio!] #WorldWildlifeDay #Coexistence #BringTheElephantHome #HumanWildlifeHarmony #ProtectElephants