We are a striving, among other things, to establish and promote a more humane treatment of temple elephants. Although temple elephants are common in India, the sad truth is that far too often their needs are not being met, or worse, that they are subjected cruel training methods and excessive forced labor conditions. By inviting the outside public to be involved in developing and supporting our program, we hope to lead by positive example. Specifically, we hope to motivate other temples to adopt our policies and practices, thereby improving the lives of these sentient animals. We are collecting donations solely for the purpose of funding our elephant program which includes costs associated with veterinary care, food, mahout (trainer) compensation, and other costs directly related to providing the highest level of care for our temple elephants: Laksmipriya and Bishnupriya.
