Friends of Asian Elephant (FAE) Hospital

In 1993, Soraida Salwala opened the World’s First Asian Elephant Hospital. Located in the MaeYao National Reserve of Lampang, Thailand, Friends of Asian Elephant (FAE) is a 200-acre facility that includes elephant infirmaries, an operating area and a nursery for baby elephants. FAE’s Elephant Hospital is a non-government organization funded through donations. They provide free care to the elephants at the hospital and provide room and board for their mahouts (keepers) during the elephant’s stay.

To date, Soraida and her staff have treated over 3,500 Asian Elephants for everything from illnesses, knife wounds, gunshot wounds, car accidents, logging accidents and land mines. Since it opened, FAE has treated 14 elephant landmine victims. In 2008, Baby Mosha received the world’s first elephant prosthetic. Motala followed in 2009.

If you’d like to help Soraida continue her mission to treat and protect Asian Elephants, including Motala and Mosha, click the secure Paypal Link. Your donation will go directly to FAE and they will issue you a receipt.

To plan a visit to FAE, check out the Map and Directions on their website.