Voor een toekomst voor olifanten

Olifanten worden met uitsterven bedreigd. Hun leefgebied verdwijnt in een alarmerend tempo, vooral door toedoen van mensen. Hierdoor worden olifanten gedwongen om buiten beschermde gebieden op zoek te gaan naar voedsel en water. Dit leidt steeds vaker tot conflicten tussen mens en olifant. Als de olifant verdwijnt, verliezen we niet alleen een prachtige diersoort, maar ook een onmisbare schakel in onze natuur en ecosystemen.

Alles op alles voor duurzame verandering!

Bring the Elephant Home zet alles op alles voor de overlevingskans van olifanten. Onze projecten in Afrika en Azië starten bij de lokale gemeenschap. We streven naar duurzaam positieve verandering, naar een wereld waar mens en olifant in harmonie naast elkaar kunnen leven. Sluit je aan bij de missie van Bring the Elephant Home!

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Alvast veel dank voor je hulp! Bring The Elephant Home is een door het CBF erkend goed doel en is een ANBI (Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling). Ook is BTEH lid van GlobeGuards. Informatie over het beleid van BTEH vind je hier.

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Ons team is wereldwijd actief, specifiek in Thailand, Zuidelijk Afrika en Nederland. Maak kennis met het BTEH-team!

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  • Exciting news, my PhD fieldwork has officially kicked off this month in Kuiburi National Park! 🐘 I’m out in the field identifying individual elephants and learning about their social lives, activity patterns, and the many factors that shape how they behave. It’s amazing how much we can tell from the smallest details; unique markings on ears, tusks, and tails help us recognize who’s who.  A huge thank you to:
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Lucie Burgers Foundation  With their support, BTEH was able to acquire all the necessary materials to undertake these exciting two years of elephant monitoring ahead.  Feeling grateful, excited, and ready for many more days in the field 📸🐘🌿- Ave
  • 🐘🇹🇭— 2 last-minute spots opened up for our Elephant Research Program in Thailand in Kuiburi National Park, studying elephants in the wild.  📍 Where: Kuiburi National Park, Thailand
🗓 When: October 1–10, 2025
SPECIAL PRICE: 1,500 EUR  🔍 You’ll get hands-on experience:
- Tracking and identifying wild Asian elephants
- Recording and analyzing elephant behavior
- Reviewing camera-trap footage
- Supporting community-based conservation  👉 Apply here: www.bteh.org  Questions? Email brooke@bteh.org
  • 🌿🐘 Donate Your Tech for Elephants 🐘🌿  Do you have an old smartphone, tablet, or camera gathering dust? That device could help protect elephants and support science and research for human-elephant coexistence!  Technology is a powerful tool for conservation. With the right equipment, our team and community partners can monitor elephant behavior and undertake innovative studies, such as community-led elephant identification.  ✅ What we need most:
• Tablets (2018+, 4GB+)
• Smartphones (2018+)
• Digital cameras, binoculars, trail cameras
• Laptops (2018+, 8GB+), monitors
• Power banks, SD cards, portable hard drives
• Handheld GPS, two-way radios, solar panels  👉 Donate today: Link in our bio! 
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  • #ElephantID 🐘📸
Meet M-030, one of the elephants we spot most often on wildlife cameras deployed on farms surrounding Kui Buri National Park.  During data collection this morning inside the park we spotted him grazing with M-021, a younger male who is also a regular farm visitor.  Tracking elephants inside and outside the park helps us understand these intricate social relationships and behaviors to design safer and smarter ways to reduce human-elephant conflict.  #Thailand #kuiburinationalpark #asianelephant #conservation #saveelephants #coexistence
  • Our research team met with Kui Buri National Park and WWF Thailand this week to present our elephant research projects and exchange knowledge on future directions. It was a positive and productive meeting that created new opportunities for collaboration. 🐘🌳  #อุทยานแห่งชาติกุยบุรี #WWFThailand #BringTheElephantHome #Conservation #HumanElephantCoexistence
  • 🐘 🧬 Decoding elephant DNA across Asia.  Whole-genome sequencing from wild-born Asian elephants reveals distinct populations separated by thousands of years of evolution. Bornean elephants exhibit severe genetic bottlenecks dating back just 8 generations, while Sumatran elephants receive their first genomic validation as a distinct subspecies. Sri Lankan elephants share unexpected genetic ties with Myanmar populations, possibly linked to historical trade routes. Each population requires tailored conservation approaches based on its unique genetic signatures.  Read more: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.72019 
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