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We are excited to share that Belle of Bagan: An Elephant Tale (Second Edition) is now available on Amazon.

This is a story about courage, family, and the delicate balance between humans and wildlife—set against the beautiful and magical backdrop of Myanmar. It’s written for young readers, but the message is one we all need.

If you’re looking for a meaningful book for a child (or simply love elephants), I’d love for you to check it out:

https://a.co/d/05hyp0tI (Amazon US)
https://amzn.eu/d/05IUSpE3 (Amazon UK/Europe)

And if you do read it, a review would mean the world.

Belle of Bagan: An Elephant Tale Belle of Bagan: An Elephant Tale

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/15/africas-elephant-conundrum-dying-out-south-sudan-too-many-zimbabwe-aoe?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Africa’s great elephant divide: countries struggle with too many elephants – or too few In countries such as South Sudan, the great herds have all but disappeared. But further south, conservation success mean increasing human-wildlife conflict

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Mur Lah showing us how you solve an itchy ear!! 💕

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As we close out this year, I want to take a moment to share a simple truth:

Elephants are running out of time — but they are not running out of hope.

Every single day, elephants are losing habitat, being pushed into conflict with humans, or being killed for their ivory. But every single day, there are also people on the ground working to protect them — ending human-elephant conflict and helping local communities coexist with wildlife.

That is what The Elephant Project exists to do.

We are not a large bureaucracy. We are not a glossy charity with layers of overhead. We are a small, focused team that directs resources where they matter most — to the people and projects actually protecting elephants in the wild.

This year, with your help, we have:

• Supported frontline conservation partners working directly with elephants and local communities
• Raised awareness about human-elephant conflict and how to reduce it, focusing on solutions instead of blame
• Printed and distributed Belle of Bagan as an educational tool, helping children and communities learn about elephants, coexistence, and conservation through story
• Funded and produced the documentary Both Sides Matter — a film that tells the full story of human-elephant conflict by showing both the impact on rural communities and the urgent need to protect elephants, so that real, compassionate, practical solutions can be found
• Helped tell the stories that remind the world elephants are not statistics — they are families, cultures, memory, and intelligence walking the earth

But the work is far from finished.

Right now, we are raising our end-of-year funds so we can enter next year stronger — ready to protect more elephants, support more local partners, and expand the projects that are working.

If you’ve ever loved elephants…
If you’ve ever felt they represent something bigger — wisdom, patience, gentleness, and strength…
If you believe we have a responsibility to protect the natural world for the generations that follow us…

Then I invite you to be part of this.

👉 Please consider making an end-of-year tax-deductible donation to The Elephant Project.
Your gift — no matter the size — goes directly toward conservation, protection, and coexistence.

Donate online here:
https://www.theelephantproject.net/take-action

Or you can mail your tax-deductible donation to:

The Elephant Project
PO Box 6243
Arlington, VA 22206

And if you can’t donate right now, sharing this post helps more than you know.

Thank you for caring. Thank you for believing. And thank you for standing with us — and with the elephants — as we move into a new year.

Take Action — The Elephant Project Please support our efforts with a tax deductible donation today! An elephant is slain every 15 minutes - and countless others are subjected to cruel and inhumane treatment every minute of their life. It's time for new ideas, new solutions and a new future for these iconic animals.

This is why we must work harder to end human elephant conflicts. We must remember that it was their planet before us and we must do everything possible to respect their way of life.

High-speed passenger train kills 7 elephants crossing railway tracks in northeast India | CNN Seven wild Asiatic elephants were killed and a calf was injured when a high-speed passenger train collided with a herd crossing the tracks in India’s northeastern state of Assam early Saturday, local authorities said.