Elephant locations in China

42 locations has kept elephants in China

There is presently 161 (25,37) living elephants in locations in China in this database

China
Region:	China is in this database included in asia
Wild elephants:	China has about 186 (min. 178, max. 193) wild elephants. Source:Zhang (2011)
Location holdings:	42 locations has kept 182 elephants in China (Database tables with collection of elephants further down on the page)
Elephants in locations	161 (25,37) living 21 (5,12) dead

2008: 200-250 (Sukumar 2008)
1996: 330-370 (Santiapillai, IUCN 1996)

Small but viable herds live in southern Yunnan province. Numbers are rising, thanks to reproduction and immigration of Laos herds.

China is also a large illegal manufacturer and trader of ivory, mostly from African elephants, although some Ivory is also imported leagally.

In July 2008, the Commission on International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES) allowed a once-off sale of 108 tons of ivory stockpile from South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, and Zambia to China.

2019: 32 baby elephants captured 2018 in Wankie park, were imported to China from Zimbabwe, wia aircraft from Victoria Falls airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport.

2012-2020: Since 2012, China has imported more than 100 elephants from Zimbabwe to keep in zoos and circuses. They are said to sell for up to $90,000 (£73,600) each.

Poaching

in 1995, four people were executed for poaching elephants for their tusks. Since then, no poaching cases have been reported. (source)

Captive population

All captive elephants are registered under the State Forestry Administration, which is the key governmental agency responsible for wildlife conservation and management. Elephants in zoos are under the management of the Ministry
of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan, Facts about elephants in China. Elephant Encyclopedia, (2023) available online retrieved 2023-02-08 at https://www.elephant.se/country.php?name=China.
(archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources, among others

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/mar/14/world/la-fg-china-elephants14-2010mar14
Current status of elephants in China, by Li Zhang (2011), http://www.asesg.org/gajah35.htm">Gajah nr 35, 2012. (Journal of the IUCN/SSC Asian Elephant Specialist Group)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/baby-elephants-eu-ban-giraffe-africa-zoos-zimbabwe-china-trade-a9074861.html
Haijun Wang, Puze Wang, Xu Zhao, Wenxia Zhang, Jing Li, Chi Xu, Ping Xie, What triggered the Asian elephant's northward migration across southwestern Yunnan?

Internal relevant links

The elephant database startpage. Statistics
News about elephants in China (From the sister site Elephant News)

Name	Elephant collection				Place
Beijing Wildlife Park (zoo) Kept totally 12 elephants	, 12 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Beijing (map) Daxing
Beijing Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 9 elephants	, 6 present (2,4)	0 births	2 relocated	1 deaths	Beijing (map)
Bifengxia Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 2 present (1,1)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Ya'an, Sichuan
Changsha Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	3 deaths	Changsha, Hunan (map)
Chimelong Circus (circus) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Guangzhou (map)Panyu District Guangdong Province
Chimelong Qingyuan Safari Park (zoo) Kept totally 25 elephants	, 25 present (1,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Panyu District (map) Guangzhou
China unspecified location (zoo) Kept totally 8 elephants	, 6 present (0,1)	1 births	2 relocated	0 deaths	(map)
Chongqing Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 7 elephants	, 5 present (3,2)	5 births	1 relocated	1 deaths	Chongqing (map)
Dalian Forest Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 7 elephants	, 7 present (1,6)	2 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Dalian (map) Liaoning province
Emperor Wu of Han (private) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths
Guangzhou Xiangjiang Safari Park (zoo) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 3 present (0,3)	2 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Guangdong Province
Guangzhou Zoo (Canton Zoo) (zoo) Kept totally 10 elephants	, 8 present (3,5)	2 births	0 relocated	2 deaths	Guangzhou, Kwangtung (map)
Hainan provincial center on wild animals and plants protection (sanctuary) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Hainan (map)
Hangzhou Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 10 elephants	, 9 present (1,2)	1 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Hangzhou (map) Zhejiang province
Harbin Beifang North Forest Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 1 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	(map)
Jinan Zoo (Gold Cow Park) (zoo) Kept totally 5 elephants	, 4 present (2,2)	1 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Jinan, Shandong (map)
Kangle garden resort (private) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 3 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Kunming Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 9 elephants	, 5 present (2,3)	2 births	4 relocated	0 deaths	Kunming (map) Yunnan
Liuzhou Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Liuzhou Guangxi
Mengyang forest area (wild) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	8 births	3 relocated	0 deaths	Xishuangbanna (map) Yunnan province
Nanguanhe Nature Reserve (wild) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Lincang Yunnan province
Nanning Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	2 relocated	1 deaths	Nanning
Ordos Safari Park (zoo) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Ordos Inner Mongolia
Pingnan Xiongsen Animal World (zoo) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 2 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Guigang (map)Pingnan County Guangxi
Port of Beijing (seaport) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths
Port of Shanghai (seaport) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	(map)
Puer prefecture (wild) Kept totally 4 elephants	, 4 present (0,1)	1 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Puer city (map) Yunnan province
Qinyang Swan Lake Ecological Park (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Henan Central China
Shanghai Wild Animal Park (zoo) Kept totally 13 elephants	, 11 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	1 deaths	Shanghai (map)
Shanghai Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 13 elephants	, 2 present (1,1)	8 births	4 relocated	7 deaths	Shanghai (map)
Shendiao Mountain Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 3 present (2,1)	1 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Weihai Shandong Province
Taiyuan Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 4 elephants	, 3 present (1,2)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Taiyuan Shanxi
Wenzhou Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Wenzhou Zhejiang Province
Wuhan Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 2 present (1,1)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Wuhan, Hubei
Wuqiao Circus (circus) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 2 present (1,1)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	(map)Wuqiao County Hebei province North China
Xian Qinling Zoological Park (zoo) Kept totally 4 elephants	, 1 present (1,0)	2 births	1 relocated	2 deaths	Xian
Xinjiang Tianshan Mountain Safari Park (zoo) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 3 present (1,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Urumqi (map) Xinjiang
Xishuangbanna Tropical Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 2 present (0,1)	1 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Jinghong (map)Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture Yunnan southwest China
Xishuangbanna Yunnan Asian elephant breeding center (camp) Kept totally 29 elephants	, 28 present (0,0)	5 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Xishuangbanna Yunnan
Yunnan Nationalities Village (camp) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 1 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Kunming Yunnan province
Yunnan province unspecified forest (wild) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	2 births	2 relocated	0 deaths	(map) Yunnan province
Yunnan Wild Animal Park (zoo) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 1 present (1,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Kunming Yunnan province

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