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

Dr Andrew Higgins meets supporters of STEF in Bangkok

An unexpectedly high number of gadfly cases keep our vets busy

STEF has appointed a Fundraising Manager to help support our increasing hospital workload

STEF launches major campaign to fund mains electricity supply

STEF appoints two new Trustees

Tom Clements at Queen's funeral

Veterinary volunteers at Elephant Hospital

Sir Richard Armstrong visits Vet Centre

STEF receives £10,000 grant

More Call-outs for the Mobile Clinic

Quantitative PCR at STEF laboratory

Abseiling down the Spinnaker Tower

STEF's vet deals with a badly infected elephant tail

Online Presentation by Dr Aon

STEF Trustee appointed Chief Executive of Battersea

A week in the life of an elephant vet

We have exciting news from Ban Ton Sae, the site of the new elephant veterinary clinic.  Following our recent News post: We Need Water! (see News)  STEF has received a very generous donation of £10,000 from the Marjorie Coote Animal Charity…

Thanks to some wonderful support from several trusts and foundations, as well as remarkable generosity from many individuals, we are already two-thirds of the way towards our target to complete the elephant clinic. Work is well underway to…

Despite the heavy rains at this time of year, we do get some sunny spells and this is when the workforce can get going with the infrastructure for the new clinic. The works will continue steadily throughout the rest of this year but we have…

If you follow us on Facebook you will have read of the sudden, tragic and devastating death of 17-month-old TONKAO on Monday 17 June 2019. This was a terrible loss to STEF trustee and Chair of STEF Thailand, Jakrapob Thaotad, and his colleagues…

Using a drone, we have been able to capture some amazing views of the new site at Ban Ton Sae. It shows clearly how much has been achieved in a very short time. Our thanks are due to the two technicians from Monosun who took the shots as part…

With the rains due to start in the next couple of weeks we are so pleased that our builders have pulled out all stops and we are confident they will complete the roadway and tracks at the site right on schedule. One very important aspect was…

With the rainy season arriving in only a few weeks' time STEF Thailand has had to move fast to finalise planning permission and to get to work on the road on the new site. This is not a small job! About 270 metres of track, 4 m wide, will be…

The advancement and encouragement of the ethical treatment, welfare, and veterinary care of the Asian elephant in Thailand will only occur through education. One of STEF's principle aims since it was set up has been to promote education both…

STEF Chair, Dr Andrew Higgins, paid a visit to Ban Ton Sae this month to see for himself the progress that is being made in developing the land for elephant care. He was given a full tour by fellow trustee, Jakrapob Thaotad, who is managing…

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…

Why raise money for electricity supply lines or diesel-powered generators when we have the sun? Solar energy is green and clean and produces minimal harm to the environment. STEF hopes that the Ban Ton Sae site can be powered completely…

Work on the pools has progressed really well over the last week. The trusty team of five from our chosen contractor, and the fantastic digger driver, speedily completed the planned work on the pools and cascade in just over 2 weeks. Two…

One of STEF’s trustees, Jake Thaotad, is currently based in Thailand and keeps a very close eye on the development work at Ban Ton Sae. On a recent visit, we asked him for his opinion on how the work is going and what were the future plans. Jake…

The southern region of Thailand, where the Ban Ton Sae STEF site is located, really has only two seasons - the wet and the dry. These seasons do not occur at the same time on the east and west sides of the southern peninsula. On the west coast,…

LEE SAMBROOK APPOINTED TECHNICAL ADVISER TO SOUTHERN THAILAND ELEPHANT FOUNDATION

We are already in the first week of April and since breaking ground last week at the new site, half of the rubber trees have already been cut down. Throughout this progress we have discovered even more plants and trees, such as banana, mango…