Now that we've seen elephants born at the park, we have a responsibility to make sure they have the best life possible. We have to inspire a younger generation who will actually be able to follow through with Lek's dream and these guys are cared for in the way they should be cared for. "

Jodi Thomas, Elephant Nature Park, 2013

Some 30,000 African elephants are slaughtered every year, more than 100,000 between 2010 and 2012, and the pace of killing is not slowing. ... Militias and terrorist groups funded in part by ivory are poaching elephants, often outside their home countries, and even hiding inside national parks."

Bryan Christy, National Geographic, 2015