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Elephant locations in Laos

21 locations has kept elephants in Laos

There is presently 536 (15,513) living elephants in locations in Laos in this database

Laos
Region:	Laos is in this database included in asia
Wild elephants:	Laos has about 700 (min. 600, max. 800) wild elephants. Source:Khounboline K (2011)
Location holdings:	21 locations has kept 544 elephants in Laos (Database tables with collection of elephants further down on the page)
Elephants in locations	536 (15,513) living 8 (2,3) dead

Known as the Land of a Million Elephants, herds suffer hunting and habitat loss from logging, agriculture and hydroelectric projects. Lack of funds hampers conservation.

1989: Laos banned the hunting and killing of endangered species including elephants.
2004: Laos joined the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
2010: It was estimated (government estimates 2010) 600 wild and only 480 domesticated elephants left in the country. (earlier 780-1200 (Sukumar), earlier 200-500 (Santiapillai, IUCN1996))

Captive population

Captive elephants are viewed as livestock and are managed by the national Department of Livestock and Fisheries

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan, Facts about elephants in Laos. Elephant Encyclopedia, (2023) available online retrieved 2023-05-29 at https://www.elephant.se/country.php?name=Laos.
(archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources, among others

Current status of elephants in Laos, by Khounboline K (2011), http://www.asesg.org/gajah35.htm">Gajah nr 35, 2012. (Journal of the IUCN/SSC Asian Elephant Specialist Group)

Internal relevant links

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

Name	Elephant collection				Place
All Lao elephant camp (camp) Kept totally 8 elephants	, 8 present (1,7)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Luang Prabang (map) Luang Prabang Province
Ban Khiet Ngong elephant camp (camp) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Pakse, Champasak (map) southern Laos
Ban Namon Village (village) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	1 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	(map)Thongmixay District Sayaboury Province
Ban That Village (village) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	1 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	(map)
Ban Viengkeo unspecified (private) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	1 births	2 relocated	0 deaths	Vang Vieng (map)Hongsa District Sayaboury Province
Elephant village (Tiger trails, XL camp) (camp) Kept totally 19 elephants	, 14 present (0,11)	1 births	2 relocated	3 deaths	Luang Prabang (map) Luang Prabang Province
Hongsa District unspecified location (private) Kept totally 10 elephants	, 1 present (0,1)	7 births	9 relocated	0 deaths	Hongsa (map)Hongsa District Sainyabuli Province northwest Laos
Kiet Ngong Village elephant camp (camp) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 2 present (0,2)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Champassak (map) Champasak Province southern Laos
Laos Elephant Conservation Centre (ECC) (camp) Kept totally 34 elephants	, 29 present (9,16)	4 births	1 relocated	4 deaths	Xayabuli (map)Sayaboury district Sayaboury province
Laos unspecified location (private) Kept totally 495 elephants	, 465 present (1,464)	11 births	29 relocated	1 deaths	(map)
MandaLao Elephant Conservation (camp) Kept totally 7 elephants	, 7 present (1,6)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Luang Prabang
Mekong Elephant Park (camp) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 2 present (0,1)	1 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Pak Beng (map)
Mr Lei (private) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	1 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
Mr. Amkha (private) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	(map)Hongsa District Sayaboury Province
Mr. Thongvan (private) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	(map)Phiang District Sayaboury Province
Mr. Van (private) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	1 births	2 relocated	0 deaths
Nam Phouy national park (wild) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 1 present (1,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	(map)
Tad Lo lodge (camp) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 3 present (0,3)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Tad Lo (map) Salavan province
Thongmixay District unspecified location (camp) Kept totally 15 elephants	, 1 present (1,0)	1 births	14 relocated	0 deaths	Thongmixay (map) Xieng Khouang Province northeastern Laos
Vang Vieng elephant sanctuary (sanctuary) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Vang Vieng (map) Vientiane Province
Vientiane Ban Keun Zoo (Tulakhom Inter Zoo) (zoo) Kept totally 4 elephants	, 3 present (1,2)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Tulakhom (map) Vientiane Province

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