Elephant Family

"On 1st September 2002, under the patronage of the Rajmata of Jaipur and Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, Elephant Family was officially registered and a new charity was born... Victims of the battle for space between humans, several significant elephants stole the hearts of our co-founders, evoking the need to turn the situation around. Mark Shand rode his elephant Tara across India, Dugal Muller fell under the spell of orphaned elephant Jojo, Robin Russell, from a family of conservationists, initiated the rescue of three captive elephant youngsters from an uncertain future in India and had them flown to a secure and happy life in the broad acres at Woburn. Caroline Casey embarked on her epic journey across south India on an elephant named Kanchi and finally Nicholas Claxton, joining in 2002, and having been married on an elephant in India, has used the force of his award winning filmmaking to highlight issues in wildlife conservation and the environment."

People
Accessed August 2012:

Elephant Family Trustees
 * Mark Shand, Lorin Gresser, Ashwan Khanna, Patrick Mark, Dr Paul Jepson, Mark Stewart.

Elephant Family Patrons
 * Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, Goldie Hawn, Sarah, Duchess of York, Priya Vandrevala, Cyrus Vandrevala, Rula Lenska, Henry Wyndham, David Alexander (AAG).

London Staff:
 * Ruth Powys - Director
 * Dan Bucknell - Head of Conservation & Campaigns
 * Fiona McKinstrie - Head of Communications
 * Rachel Waldron - Head of Development
 * John Thei - Head of Finance
 * Joanna Cary-Elwes - Campaigns Manager

Advisory Board

 * Richard Lair
 * Bittu Saghal
 * Heidi Riddle
 * Maan Barua

Contact
Web: http://www.elephantfamily.org

Related Sourcewatch

 * Sir George Martin - former patron