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Symbolic Adoption · Endangered

Adopt an Elephant

Ivory poaching, snaring and deadly human-elephant conflict claim thousands of elephants a year. Your monthly adoption funds the patrols, vets and coexistence teams that keep them alive.

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A family herd of African savanna elephants crossing open grassland

40,000–50,000

Asian elephants remain

Source: IUCN Red List

~352,000

African savanna elephants

Source: IUCN / 2016 survey

~135,690

African forest elephants

Source: IUCN 2024

2

In-network countries

Source: Indonesia and Malaysia

What Your Adoption Funds

Monthly adoptions are pooled into WARN's Elephant Programme and grant out to vetted partners in Indonesia and Malaysia — WARN's current in-network elephant focus.

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Anti-Snare Patrols

Wire snares maim and kill elephants across their corridors. Your adoption funds the ranger patrols that find and remove them before they kill.

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Field Vet Response

Your adoption helps fund the mobile field-surgery teams that dart, treat and free injured, snared and conflict-affected elephants.

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Orphan Calf Care

Calves orphaned by poaching and conflict need years of care. Your adoption supports partner sanctuaries that hand-raise and rehabilitate them.

What You'll Receive

  • Personalised digital adoption certificate (PDF, gift-ready)
  • Elephant species fact file and rescue story
  • Quarterly email updates from the programme
  • Gift receipt for your records
  • Option to dedicate your adoption as a gift with recipient's name on the certificate
Elephant adoption

Adoption

Certificate

Digital · Gift-ready PDF

Choose Your Adoption Gift

Pick a tier, choose monthly or one-off, and optionally dedicate it as a gift. The maximum possible share of your adoption goes to the Elephant Programme.

Donate £10 per month

Cancel any time · Certificate emailed within 4 hours of payment.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many elephants are left?
There are roughly 40,000–50,000 wild Asian elephants (Endangered). Africa's elephants are now two species: about 352,000 African savanna elephants (Endangered, last continent-wide survey 2016) and about 135,690 African forest elephants (Critically Endangered, IUCN 2024). All three populations are in long-term decline.
What does my elephant adoption fund?
Your monthly adoption is pooled into WARN's Elephant Programme, with Indonesia and Malaysia as the current in-network focus — funding anti-snare context, rapid field-veterinary response, humane human-elephant coexistence work and the care of orphaned calves.
Does WARN run its own elephant sanctuary?
No. WARN is a global not-for-profit animal welfare organisation that raises funds and makes grants to, and partners with, established sanctuaries, rescue teams and veterinary services. We fund frontline work rather than building WARN-branded facilities.
Can I cancel at any time?
Yes. Email [email protected] and we will cancel your monthly adoption within two working days, with no penalty.