Web Resources

Pinnawela Elephant Orphange
http://www.elephant.se/pinnawela_elephant_orphanage_Sri_Lanka.php
Learn about this refuge run by Sri Lanka’s Biodiversity and Elephant Conservation Trust

Meet Shanthi and the National Zoo’s Elephants.
http://natzoo.si.edu/Animals/AsianElephants/meetelephants.cfm
Information on the National Zoo’s pachyderms.

African Lion Safari
http://www.lionsafari.com/
A leading Asian elephant breeding center in Canada.

Friends of the Asian Elephant
http://www.elephant.tnet.co.th/
Facts and figures from a leading conservation organization.

The Elephant Sanctuary
http://www.elephants.com/index.html
See the elephants living at this innovative sanctuary.

Print Resources

Alexander, Shana. THE ASTONISHING ELEPHANT. New York: Random House, 2000.

Groning, Karl. ELEPHANTS: A CULTURAL AND NATURAL HISTORY. New York: Konemann, 1999.

Helfer, Ralph. MODOC: THE TRUE STORY OF THE GREATEST ELEPHANT THAT EVER LIVED. New York: Harperperennial Library, 1998.

Levine, Stuart P. THE ELEPHANT (Endangered Animals & Habitats). New York: Lucent Books, 1998.

Poole, Joyce. COMING OF AGE WITH ELEPHANTS: A MEMOIR. New York: Hyperion, 1996.

Sukumar, R. THE ASIAN ELEPHANT: ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1992.