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Voor een toekomst voor olifanten

Olifanten worden met uitsterven bedreigd. Hun leefgebied verdwijnt in een alarmerend tempo, door toedoen van mensen. Olifanten moeten daarom buiten beschermde gebieden op zoek naar voedsel en water. Zo ontstaan er meer en meer conflicten tussen olifanten en mensen. Als de olifant verdwijnt, verliezen we een prachtige diersoort, die zo cruciaal is voor onze natuur en ecosysteem. 

Alles op alles voor duurzame verandering!

Bring the Elephant Home zet alles op alles voor de overlevingskans van olifanten. Onze natuurbeschermingsprojecten 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!

Antoinette van de Water, oprichter BTEH

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Bring The Elephant Home is een door het CBF erkend goed doel en is een Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling. Ook is BTEH lid van GlobeGuards.

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  • 🎉 Exciting News! 🐻✨ We've captured a rare Sun bear (Helarctos malayanus)on our camera trap! This incredible sighting gives us a unique glimpse into the life of one of the world's most elusive creatures. Sunbears, known for their small size and distinctive chest patches, are rarely seen, making this capture extra special. The sun bear is currently listed as vulnerable by the IUCN, facing threats from habitat destruction, illegal wildlife trade, and poaching. #SunbearSighting #WildlifeConservation #RareAnimals #CameraTrap #NatureLovers
  • 👀Do you act differently when someone is watching? 🐘 Turns out elephants do! 🔍New research by Vesta Eleuteri et al., including our colleague and friend Lucy Bates, on elephant communication reveals intriguing findings about their social interactions. Elephants intelligently adjust their gestures based on whether their audience can see them, suggesting they use intentional communication similar to humans. They mix vocalizations and physical gestures in various combinations, with the most common being rumbles paired with ear flapping, especially among females. This study not only highlights the complexity of elephant greetings but also shows their capability to communicate intentionally across different sensory modes. It sheds light on the sophisticated ways in which a species, distant from humans on the evolutionary tree, can still exhibit advanced social behaviors and attention to detail in communication. Eleuteri, V., Bates, L., Rendle-Worthington, J. et al. Multimodal communication and audience directedness in the greeting behaviour of semi-captive African savannah elephants. Commun Biol 7, 472 (2024). #ElephantResearch #AnimalBehavior #CommunicationStudies #WildlifeConservation #ScienceResearch
  • 🐝🌿 Bee the Change is in full swing; by using beehives as fences, we're not only protecting crops but also nurturing biodiversity and safeguarding our buzzing friends. But the heatwave hitting Thailand is putting our bee colonies at risk. 🌞 Climate change is here, impacting both wildlife and communities. 🌍 We need your help to keep our Bee the Change project buzzing! 🐝✨https://bring-the-elephant-home.org/project/bee-the-change/ Your donation can make a real impact by supporting our efforts to mitigate human-elephant conflict and combat climate change. 🌱 Let's come together to protect our planet and its precious inhabitants. 🌿💛 #BeeConservation #ClimateEmergency #DonateToday Donate Here: https://bring-the-elephant-home.org/project/bee-the-change/
  • 🎉 What a year 2023 was for Bring The Elephant Home! We hosted eleven conservation events, igniting the passion of nearly 600 students over 57 days! 💭Our mission? To educate and inspire! From Human-Elephant Coexistence walks to workshops where participants got their hands dirty crafting paper from elephant dung and tie-dyeing shirts, we made learning an adventure! Oh, and let's not forget the tantalizing Tom Yum cooking classes and product workshops that added a spicy twist to our conservation efforts! 💚 We proudly supported over 50 local community members, showcasing our unwavering commitment to sustainable development and economic empowerment. 🌍 Join us in our journey of conservation, sustainability, and coexistence! 🐘✨ #ElephantAdventures #ConservationSuccess #CommunityEmpowerment
  • 🐘 📢 Our new blog from the Kariega Game Reserve is live!🌟 In December 2023, we joined forces with the Kariega Foundation to expand habitats by removing internal fences, giving herds more space to roam and explore. Now, our BTEH researchers are studying the effects on herd behavior and population health. Want to get involved in elephant research and experience something beyond the ordinary safari? Join us! 🐾 Check it out! 🐘✏👉 https://bring-the-elephant-home.org/what-happens-when-you-drop-a-fence-5-observations/ #ElephantResearch #ConservationEfforts #KariegaGameReserve #ElephantConservation #AfricanElephant #ResearchCollaboration #Conservation #SaveTheElephants #WildlifeConservation
  • 🎉 Happy Freedom Day to all South Africans! 🇿🇦 Today marks 30 years of democracy since the historic elections in 1994. At Bring The Elephant Home, we emphasize the importance of transforming from exclusive to inclusive conservation, putting local communities at the heart of decision-making, and ensuring equality and justice for all beings. In the spirit of Ubuntu, we promote meaningful coexistence and environmental and ecological justice for all, especially for communities that are negatively affected by elephants, ecological destruction and economic globalization 🌍 Let's celebrate the hard-won victories and keep pushing forward towards equality, justice, and unity 💚 #FreedomDay #SouthAfrica #Ubuntu #Conservation #Equality #Justice