After Years Of Service, These Gentle Giants Now Need Our Help
For Over 10 Years, Ranjan Kumar Medhi Has Been Caring For Assam's Forgotten Elephants
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Assam Is Home To More Than 700 Domesticated Elephants
For generations, these elephants were an important part of Assam’s culture and economy. Until the early 1980s, they were used to carry heavy loads, transport timber from forests, and support the livelihoods of hundreds of elephant-owning families.
Everything Changed After The Wildlife Protection Laws
With the enforcement of the Wildlife Protection Act, capturing, training, and using elephants for labour was banned across India. While this was an important step for wildlife conservation, it also meant that many families suddenly lost their primary source of income.
Today, these domesticated elephants can only work for a few months during the winter tourism season in national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. For the remaining six months of the year, they have no work and generate no income for their owners.
Many Elephant Owners Can No Longer Afford Their Care
An adult elephant requires hundreds of kilograms of green fodder and nutritious food every day, along with regular veterinary care, medicines, and proper shelter.
Without a steady source of income, many owners struggle to provide even the basic necessities. As a result, many elephants suffer from malnutrition, weakness, untreated illnesses, and poor health.
Ranjan Kumar Medhi And His Team Are Stepping In
For the last 10 years, Ranjan Kumar Medhi has been supporting elephant owners across Assam by providing emergency fodder, health check-ups, veterinary treatment, and continuous care for these magnificent animals.
His team works tirelessly to ensure that elephants receive nutritious food, timely medical attention, and the dignity they deserve throughout the year.
Every Elephant Needs Ongoing Food And Medical Care
Caring for an elephant is a lifelong responsibility. Daily fodder, nutritional supplements, medicines, deworming, foot care, and regular veterinary treatment are essential to keep them healthy.
Without community support, many of these elephants face hunger and declining health.
Donate Today
Your support can help provide food, medical treatment, and year-round care for Assam’s domesticated elephants, giving them the healthy and dignified life they deserve.
Total goal Rs 20,00,000
Save the Wild Elephants of Assam
The wild elephants of Assam are an irreplaceable part of our natural heritage, yet they face growing threats from habitat loss and increasing human-elephant conflict. As forests shrink and traditional migration corridors disappear, both people and elephants are paying a tragic price.
Nature’s Observer (CB) is working tirelessly to mitigate human-elephant conflict by promoting coexistence, protecting elephant corridors, raising community awareness, and supporting conservation efforts in vulnerable areas.
Your support can make a real difference. Together, we can protect Assam’s gentle giants, safeguard local communities, and ensure that future generations inherit a landscape where humans and elephants live in harmony.
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Who You’re Helping
You are helping domesticated elephants across Assam that no longer have enough food or regular care after losing their traditional role as working elephants.
Why Support Is Urgent
Most elephant owners cannot afford the enormous daily cost of feeding and treating their elephants, leaving many animals vulnerable to hunger, illness, and neglect.
Who’s Behind The Mission
This initiative is led by Ranjan Kumar Medhi, who has spent the last 10 years working for the welfare, health, and conservation of Assam’s domesticated elephants.
What Your Donation Makes Possible
Your contribution helps provide:
- Daily nutritious fodder
- Veterinary treatment and medicines
- Health check-ups and emergency care
- Nutritional supplements
- Long-term welfare and rehabilitation support
Together, we can ensure that these gentle giants, who served people for decades, are never forgotten and never left to suffer from hunger or neglect.
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