Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Centre
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The Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Centre is an elephant
sanctuary located in Temerloh
in the state of Pahang
, Malaysia. within the Krau Game Reserve.
The Centre was established in 1989 by the Malaysian Department of Wildlife and National Parks
, and forms a base for the Elephant Relocation Team, which since 1974 has been rescuing problem Asian elephant
s whose habitats are being lost to cultivation or development. and relocating them to suitable habitats such as Taman Negara. The Centre also aims to raise public awareness and support research, and has increasingly become a popular tourist attraction since its existence began to be publicised in 1997.
Visitors to the Centre are shown a video, then watch the elephants being washed and fed. This is followed by riding on an elephant and being given the chance to go into the river with a few elephants. Daily visitor admissions are subject to strict quotas and advance booking is strongly recommended.
Elephant
Elephants are large land mammals in two extant genera of the family Elephantidae: Elephas and Loxodonta, with the third genus Mammuthus extinct...
sanctuary located in Temerloh
Temerloh
Temerloh is a town in Central Pahang, Malaysia in Temerloh district. Located about from Kuala Lumpur along the Kuantan-Kuala Lumpur trunk road, Temerloh is the second largest town in Pahang after Kuantan. It is situated at the junction of the Pahang River and the Semantan River...
in the state of Pahang
Pahang
Pahang is the third largest state in Malaysia, after Sarawak and Sabah, occupying the huge Pahang River river basin. It is bordered to the north by Kelantan, to the west by Perak, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, to the south by Johor and to the east by Terengganu and the South China Sea.Its state...
, Malaysia. within the Krau Game Reserve.
The Centre was established in 1989 by the Malaysian Department of Wildlife and National Parks
Department of Wildlife and National Parks
In Malaysia, Department of Wildlife and National Parks, commonly known as PERHILITAN is a governmental organization that is responsible for the protection, management and preservation of wildlife and national parks in Peninsular Malaysia.The department was established under the Wildlife Protection...
, and forms a base for the Elephant Relocation Team, which since 1974 has been rescuing problem Asian elephant
Asian Elephant
The Asian or Asiatic elephant is the only living species of the genus Elephas and distributed in Southeast Asia from India in the west to Borneo in the east. Three subspecies are recognized — Elephas maximus maximus from Sri Lanka, the Indian elephant or E. m. indicus from mainland Asia, and E. m....
s whose habitats are being lost to cultivation or development. and relocating them to suitable habitats such as Taman Negara. The Centre also aims to raise public awareness and support research, and has increasingly become a popular tourist attraction since its existence began to be publicised in 1997.
Visitors to the Centre are shown a video, then watch the elephants being washed and fed. This is followed by riding on an elephant and being given the chance to go into the river with a few elephants. Daily visitor admissions are subject to strict quotas and advance booking is strongly recommended.