ELEPHANTS FOR AFRICA CONSERVATION

Since 2011, the Memphis Zoo has been a dedicated contributor to African elephant conservation through a partnership with Elephants for Africa. Elephants for Africa is in the Makgadikgadi Pans region of Botswana, which is one of the last major strongholds for elephants in Africa. Elephants for Africa’s primary focus is understanding the needs of elephants, as well as the needs of the local communities to promote human-elephant coexistence. Communities must be able to understand the need for elephants in the wild in order to best protect them.

Conservation Action Network (C.A.N) is our zoo-based conservation fund that has provided elephant keepers the opportunity to work alongside researchers in Africa and supply resources for projects in Botswana which support the wild population of elephants. The Memphis Zoo is a proud supporter of Elephants for Africa and hopes to continue to partner with this organization to promote elephant welfare for many years to come.

The Memphis Zoo hosts an annual conservation fundraiser called Art for Elephants where we auction off custom paintings by our talented elephant herd. All the proceeds from this event, including money raised from the silent auction, t-shirts, and general donations, directly to supporting , Elephants for Africa.