Archives: EAI in the News

Changing culture in Asia is neither simple nor easy but the rewards are great. The Gulf Times reports on EAI’s work.

The Kathmandu Post looks at the lives of Chitwan’s working elephants and their mahouts, and how EAI CEO Carol Buckley is making a difference.

How tourists choose to spend their vacation money is key to improving life for Asia’s working elephants, says EAI CEO Carol Buckley.

Carol Buckley and EAI design India’s first chain-free elephant facility at Bannerghatta Biological Park in India.

EAI CEO Carol Buckley prepares to return to Nepal to free more elephants from chains. The culture of chaining elephants is changing from the inside out.

Elephant Aid International breaks tradition in Nepal.

Sarasota County resident Mimi Steger plans to travel to Nepal next March to spend 15 days working to unshackle some of the world’s largest land animals.

Elephant Aid International founder Carol Buckley on Lambodhar Prasad, the solitary elephant who has spent 60 years in chains.

This short video features EAI founder and director Carol Buckley and Chief Conservation Officer Kunwar Kamal discussing their progress in the construction of chain-free corrals in Chitwan National Park.

Animal welfare agencies have called for an investigation into the killing of a mahout by an elephant in Sauraha, Chitwan, on March 12. Elephant Aid International and other animal welfare organizations urged the authorities to investigate the cause for the attack.

The Nepalese government recently invited Elephant Aid International to create the country’s first-ever chain-free corrals at Chitwan National Park, where 63 working elephants now live shackled in chains.

Man Kali, a 35-year-old working elephant in Chitwan, and her two offspring recently became Nepal’s first working elephants to be rehabilitated in a chain-free pen. This innovative project was started by the Nepal Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC), the Biodiversity Conservation Centre and Carol Buckley of Elephant Aid International.