What’s happening at STEF and in the world of elephants?

Discover the latest news, journals, appeals and more from the Southern Thailand Elephant Foundation.

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Well done Ros
Merry and Katy
Valentines elephant
STEF Chair, Merry Smith, with elephant
Patient at the STEF Veterinary Hospital
Nam Neung, EEHV treatment
Sangdao being treated with the entada scanden vine
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Tuberculosis
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The Big Give
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Elephant tail
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New Trustee
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elephant memoru

An elephant never forgets

Elephants have powerful memories and the largest brains of all land animals.

Understanding How Elephants Move

Elephants have powerful memories and the largest brains of all land animals.

An Elephant Nose – Southern Thailand Elephant Foundation

An unexpectedly high number of gadfly cases keep our vets busy
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The Domesticated Elephant

The dilemma of keeping domesticated elephants
Elephants and cancer

Elephants and Cancer

Elephants rarely suffer from cancer even though their lifespan is similar to humans
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Gadflies Return with a Vengeance

An unexpectedly high number of gadfly cases keep our vets busy
Elephant care

How to train and elephant

By gaining trust and using positive reinforcement
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Elephant story

A mother's desperate battle to save her baby
save the planet

Elephants Saving the Planet?

Research shows the vital role that elephants play in the growth, diversity and maintenance of our forests
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feed the starving elephants

Trunk Talk

New research on elephant trunks
Elephant empathy

Team work

Elephants can solve problems as a group
Elephant intelligence

Elephant problem solving

Elephants are one of the most intelligent land animals.
suction eating by elephants

Elephant Networking

Elephant herd management can be complicated
History of Logging

Logging in Thailand

This post gives a brief history of elephants in the logging industry in Thailand, and explains how elephants have unwittingly destroyed their own natural habitat.
The Big Give
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Elephants in Ancient Rome
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An Elephant’s Favourite Thing

An Elephant’s Favourite Thing – Food! Elephants are herbivores. This means that they have a plant-based diet and eat a lot. Read on to find out how these gentle giants make more than a meal from the surrounding plants of the jungle. Because…

Healthy Elephants – Southern Thailand Elephant Foundation

Wild elephants roam hundreds of square kilometres searching for essential nutrients. With domesticated elephants it is very important to replicate this nutritional variation. Like humans taking multivitamins, elephants can be kept healthy…
Starving elephants in Thailand

Every Elephant Has a Diet Plan

Like humans, elephants have individual dietary needs and, like humans, some of them are just picky! Elephants support their development and changing activities by changing what they eat. How Do Elephants Get Protein - Southern Thailand Elephant…

Elephant Constipation – Southern Thailand Elephant Foundation

Want to be a Mahout? Know Your Elephant Poop! Digestive problems are extremely dangerous in both wild and captive elephants - did you know that something that seems as 'ordinary' as constipation or diarrhoea can kill an elephant? Read on…

THE BEAUTY OF THE LOTUS – A SACRED FLOWER

The rains brought their challenges, but also brought beauty. The grasses are growing and the trees that we planted earlier in the year are beginning to take root. Of particular joy is the way that the lotus has flourished. Under the guidance…

PALM OIL – IT MUST BE SUSTAINABLE

For several decades, palm oil cultivation on a commercial scale in some south-east Asian countries has resulted in a very serious impact on the natural environment, causing widespread deforestation and loss of natural habitat and threatening…
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ANIMAL HEALTH

Elephants are the most well-known animal in the animal kingdom and, like horses, have been used by humans for thousands of years. As long as elephants have been cared for by humans, their health care has been of great importance.             Sanskrit…
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT

From using solar panels to create clean renewable energy to using recycled rainwater to create our elephant pools, sustainability on the Ban Ton Sae site is one of the ways STEF will become a sustainable environmentally friendly haven for our…
Yui, an elephant patient at STEF Veterinary Hospital
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Plai Larn
Nam Neung, EEHV treatment
Sudlor
Merry and Katy
Valentines elephant
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STEF’s Campaign for Power Ends

We reached our target! Now the work begins...
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We Need Power!

STEF launches major campaign to fund mains electricity supply
STEF takes part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge

Starting Now!

The Big Give Christmas Challenge has begun

One Week to Go

The Big Give Christmas Challenge
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Abseiling for Elephants

Abseiling down the Spinnaker Tower

My 6 Weeks with STEF – Week Six

Vanessa Klabouch continues her account of her voluntary work at the STEF Veterinary Centre

My 6 Weeks with STEF – Week Five

Vanessa Klabouch continues her account of her voluntary work at the STEF Veterinary Centre
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My 6 Weeks with STEF – Week Four

Vanessa Klabouch continues her account of her voluntary work at the STEF Veterinary Centre
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My 6 Weeks with STEF – Week Three

Vanessa's third blog on her adventures as a volunteer veterinary student
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My 6 Weeks with STEF – Week Two

The second blog from Vanessa, a volunteer veterinary student
Vet Volunteer

First Veterinary Volunteers

Volunteering opportunities are now available at our elephant hospital at Khok Kloi near Phuket
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My 6 weeks with STEF

A weekly blog from a veterinary volunteer at the hospital
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Volunteer programme

Veterinary volunteers at Elephant Hospital