Wildlife SOS - Elephant Conservation and Care Center

Very nice place. Beautiful Elephant Centre... Great

These guys are doing an extra ordinary job. Must visit for animal lovers and those who care for animals. Not a fun place.

India’s first and only Elephant Conservation and Care Centre was established in 2010 in the district of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, in collaboration with the Uttar Pradesh Forest Department. The primary objective behind establishing the Centre was to rehabilitate severely abused and exploited captive elephants. The Elephant Conservation and Care Centre is now home to over 20 rescued elephants and is a living breathing conservation education platform to change public perception to support elephant conservation. All elephants at Elephant Conservation Care Centre were rescued from extreme distress, while some were privately owned and had a cruel history of being used for begging, others spent a lifetime in captivity & confinement as temple elephants or were being coerced to perform in circuses.nnNo longer forced to bear heavy loads, or walk on hot pavements, these majestic creatures are finally able to spend their days happily, with frequent baths, a nutritious diet, and good veterinary care. The centre is full of natural vegetation with enough open fields around for their daily walks and several trees available to scratch themselves, thus making it closest to the natural habitat of the elephants. Water pools have been provided to the elephants with the free access for them to bath and play in the water, at will.nnThe Elephant Conservation and Care Centre and the Elephant Hospital is bordered with the river Yamuna, surrounded by farmland, and a 10 minute walk through a lush green field leads our elephants to the river where they enjoy taking long and relaxing dips!

A must visit place - sensitise yourself and your friends with issue pertaining to Elephant rescue and care . Elephants used for begging and blessing, those caught in animal-human conflict, from circus.nnThey also have a bear rescue center nearby that also does the same w.r.t bear. Visit this too.

I visited this centre with family last year. It was a wonderful experience. The place is out of the world and you can truly connect with one of the most magnificent wildlife creature. My daughter (who was just 2 years old then) was mesmerised and loved every bit of it.nThe Wildlife SOS is working passionately to take care of the distressed elephants. Every elephant here has a moving story of how it was being tortured and how Wildlife SOS rescued it. The centre has around 24 elephants of different age groups.nI would definitely recommend this to all the wildlife lovers and especially children that can learn the values of compassion and love for animals.