![Sponsor an Elephant](https://one-voice.fr/app/uploads/2023/09/Intro-2.jpg)
![Sponsor an Elephant](https://one-voice.fr/app/uploads/2023/09/Intro-2.jpg)
Sponsor an Elephant
A Defenseless Giant
The three remaining species of elephants all demonstrate a high degree of sentience. Both sensitive and intelligent, these animals are capable of forming remarkable social bonds. Let us respect them rather than decimate them.
The extinction of mammoths, close relatives of contemporary elephants, was due to a combination of factors, including environmental changes. However, it was likely humans who dealt the final blow to these large mammals, as they relentlessly hunted them during prehistory. Today, African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana africana), African forest elephants (Loxodonta africana cyclotis), and Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) are the last surviving members of the Elephantidae family, which appeared in the Miocene epoch. For how much longer? All three species are threatened due to habitat loss and fragmentation, as well as poaching. With their numbers plummeting since the 19th century, these beings with exceptional cognitive abilities (see sentience sheet) risk disappearing because of human madness, which targets them, especially for their ivory or when they cross cultivated fields. As for those surviving in captivity, they suffer the worst atrocities: exploited for carrying heavy loads, begging, tourism, processions, as in India, or violently trained to perform tricks in circuses.
Mathura Conservation and Care Center
We fight to protect the wild elephant population in India, end the illegal trade, and rescue captive individuals. In 2010, prompted by One Voice, our partner Wildlife SOS created an elephant conservation and care center in Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh, in collaboration with the local Forest Department. Nestled by the Yamuna River and surrounded by lush fields, the place is home to over twenty elephants rescued from extreme distress after years of abuse. Finally freed from heavy loads and the obligation to walk on hot pavements, the survivors can walk daily, scratch against trees, bathe, and play in the water as they please. They also receive quality food and veterinary care.
Animal sponsorships
Bhola
Sponsoring Bhola means enabling us to provide him with the 100 to 200 kilograms of food he needs per day, as well as appropriate veterinary care. With your support, he will enjoy a peaceful retirement and the joy of life, far, far from tyranny!
Bhola was forced to walk on the scorching asphalt of Indian roads to transport tourists or materials. Hit by a truck, the severity of his injuries convinced his “owner”—unwilling to treat him—to entrust him to us. At the elephant sanctuary, he thrives, now free from all constraints. However, Bhola must endure daily treatments as he still suffers from chronic abscesses, scars, and physical injuries from his tragic past. The treatment sessions are difficult for the old elephant. But the team at Mathura Center employs immense patience and dedication to help him find the courage to endure them. Bhola is especially cooperative and motivated as he is always rewarded with treats! Above all, he knows how much those around him care for him and do everything to alleviate his pain…
![](https://one-voice.fr/app/uploads/2023/09/bhola.jpg)