Living
Thongkoon
Female
Lao Elephant Home and Sanctuary
Laos
All range states
Range state·Southeast Asia
Laos
Mekong forests and a shrinking wild range
Laos once held one of the region's largest wild elephant populations. Habitat loss and poaching have reduced numbers sharply, while a small camp sector remains tied to rural livelihoods and Buddhist tradition.
SubspeciesIndian elephant (E. m. indicus)TrendDecliningWild~500
Asian range
~500
Wild population
Estimated in range
557
Database records
From elephant.se
555
Living
85 named
15
Camps
Distinct facilities
3Sanctuaries
35HEC / year
Database
Featured records
Recently updated named elephants in Laos.
Living
Boon Hom
Female · 46 yrs
Lao Elephant Home and Sanctuary
Laos
Living
Phoon Me
Female · 44 yrs
Lao Elephant Home and Sanctuary
Laos
Living
Ming
Female · 9 yrs
Elephant Sanctuary Laos
Laos
Sire Mee · Dam Mee
Living
Mee
Female · 46 yrs
Elephant Sanctuary Laos
Laos
Living
Bua Baan
Female · 46 yrs
Elephant Sanctuary Laos
Laos
Living
Thai Koon
Female · 65 yrs
Elephant Sanctuary Laos
Laos
Living
Gom
Female
Elephant Sanctuary Laos
Laos
Facilities
Camps & facilities
Top elephant.se locations by record count — many linked to our curated sanctuary directory.
Laos unspecified location
Laos
4 named·461 living·camp
Laos Elephant Conservation Centre
CuratedLaos
30 named·34 living·camp
Elephant village
Laos
16 named·16 living·camp
MandaLao Elephant Conservation
CuratedLaos
8 named·8 living·camp
All Lao elephant camp
Laos
8 named·8 living·camp
Mekong Elephant Park
CuratedLaos
7 named·7 living·camp
Curated
Sanctuary directory
Hand-verified listings tagged by experience type and welfare criteria.
Data source
Individual elephant records are synced from elephant.se by Dan A. J. Koehl, used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. We reformatted the data for search and filtering; the original records remain authoritative.
Records synced weekly into MySQL on mahoot.xyz.