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🐘 A Second Chance for Sri Lanka’s Elephants 🇱🇰

At the heart of Udawalawe lies one of the world’s most inspiring conservation efforts: the Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home.

Led by veterinarian Dr. Malaka Kasun Abeywardana and a dedicated team committed to ethical, science-based elephant conservation, this remarkable centre is proving that real rehabilitation works.

Unlike traditional elephant orphanages, the mission here is simple and powerful: raise orphaned elephants with minimal human contact and return them to the wild where they belong.

And it’s working.

💚 Hundreds of orphaned calves have been successfully released back into the wild.
🐘 The centre continues to care for orphaned elephants on their journey back to freedom.
🌿 With expert veterinary care and patient rehabilitation, these elephants are given something rare: a true second chance at a wild life.

✨ Through savingganesh.org, our organization helped fund the care of Ashley, an orphaned elephant who was rehabilitated here and successfully released back into the wild a few years ago. Ashley’s story is proof that every contribution can help turn survival into freedom.

But behind these successes is a sobering reality: human-elephant conflict continues to orphan calves year after year.

That’s why this work matters more than ever.

This is what real conservation looks like:
Not captivity. Not exploitation.
But healing, rehabilitation, and release.

📢 Support ethical wildlife conservation. Protect habitats. Protect elephants.

🌍 Indonesia’s Ban on Elephant Riding Is Now in Force 🇮🇩🐘

This is a significant moment for elephant welfare.

As recently reported by Arab News, Indonesia has formally moved to end elephant riding and other exploitative tourism practices nationwide. The new law is now in force — marking a major shift toward more ethical treatment of captive elephants.

For decades, elephants were used for rides and performances under the banner of tourism. Science, field experience, and growing public awareness have shown the physical and psychological harm these practices cause.

Here in Bali, Mason Elephant Park has stopped elephant riding — a major shift that followed sustained public scrutiny and an aggressive social media campaign demanding higher welfare standards. Change often happens when public pressure, advocacy, and policy converge.

At SavingGanesh.org, we didn’t just call for change — we worked to make it viable.

We created one of the few practical transition manuals available to elephant venues, outlining how to:
• Phase out riding programs
• Improve welfare standards
• Increase profitability through observation-based tourism
• Strengthen positive social engagement and public perception
See the manual here: https://www.elephantsnow.org/park-transition-example-masons-in-bali

Ethical reform must also be economically sustainable. Otherwise, it fails.

This moment proves something important:
Tourism can evolve.
Conservation can evolve.
Public consciousness can evolve.

Progress is happening — not through outrage alone, but through persistence, solutions, and a commitment to doing better.

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https://www.arabnews.com/node/2631610/world

Indonesia becomes first Asian country to ban elephant rides JAKARTA: Indonesia has banned elephant rides, becoming the first Asian nation to outlaw the popular tourist activity on animal welfare grounds. Indonesia, home to the critically endangered Sumatran elephant and the endangered Bornean elephant, first announced the nationwide ban in December, with aut...

Elephants read posture, breath, and stillness. What feels like connection is often accurate emotional attunement.

Elephants evolved to read emotional cues within complex family groups, where misreading intent could mean danger or loss. They are highly sensitive to posture, muscle tension, breathing patterns, and stillness. Humans constantly broadcast these signals, even when silent. When people feel “seen” by an elephant, what’s often happening is precise emotional perception — not mysticism, but social intelligence refined over millions of years.

Elephants_Now Elephants are sacred in the cultures of Asia - through film, social media, science and spiritual understanding, we serve as a channel to bridge modern concepts with old traditions. Our goal is to provide support for the protection of elephants and their wild habitats.