Help these giants of the jungle when you adopt an elephant in association with the People’s Trust for Endangered Species. By joining in with these elephant adoption scheme you’ll be helping to support the important work being carried out in India to help protect the resident Asian Elephants.We’ve long been aware that the majestic Elephas Maximus is endangered. Over the years lots of important conservation work has been carried out in areas that are home to both African and Asian Elephants changing attitudes on ivory hunting and the destruction of natural habitats. In the case of the Asian Elephants you’ll be supporting population numbers have gone up. That in itself is great news but the work doesn’t end there… The original reserve areas secured for elephants are now often too small for the number of resident elephants. This puts them in conflict with the local communities who naturally want to protect their agriculture. The PTES’s emergency work at the Mayurjharna Elephant Reser…