TERF Thai Elephant Research and Conservation Fund

Wild elephant situation in Thailand

In Thailand, wild elephants have suffered dramatic loss of forest habitat in the last century and are continuing to suffer from poaching, live capture and conflict with humans living on the edge of protected areas.  Despite serious threats to the remaining wild elephants, only rough estimates of the population size exist and no systematic monitoring systems are in place throughout Thailand.  The lack of countrywide population monitoring makes it difficult to assess whether Thailand’s elephant have continued to decline even after a logging ban has provided better protection to forest habitats in the late 1990s.

Estimated numbers of wild elephants in Thailand

Estimated number of wild elephants in Thailand during the mid-1970s
(Adapted from Dobias, 1987; Santiapillai and Jackson, 1990).

Human Elaphant Conflicts

1. Capture                                   2. Poison

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Electrocution                          4. Shooting