Only 35,000 Asian elephants remain and we are on the brink of losing this iconic species forever. With the escalation of habitat destruction, human-elephant conflict and sustained poaching, the future of the Asian elephant is uncertain.

Only 35,000 Asian elephants remain and we are on the brink of losing this iconic species forever. With the escalation of habitat destruction, human-elephant conflict and sustained poaching, the future of the Asian elephant is uncertain.

Meet Chhouk

Chhouk was discovered alone in the forest in the North-East of Cambodia in 2007 when he was only around 1 year old with a horrific leg injury likely caused by a snare. Wildlife Alliance was asked to assist with the Wildlife Rapid Rescue Team and vets as he was not in a good way. 

The team had to stay with Chhouk in the forest for a week providing medicine, food and water before he was strong enough to survive the long journey by truck to Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Centre.

At the centre his leg was treated under sedation in weekly procedures to ensure there was no infection or bone fragments. Mr Tham took on the responsibility of being Chhouk’s main carer and slept by him each night as a surrogate mother. Once his leg was healed he would walk in the forest with Lucky, who had adopted him as a little brother, but it was clear that having one leg shorter than the others was making him very tired and affecting his development.

After a great search for help, the international prosthetics and orthotics organisation Exceed Worldwide offered to try to make Chhouk a shoe. The shoe was a great success with Chhouk feeling comfortable in it straight away and still to this day has new ones made roughly every 6 months.

We have to provide Chhouk with a forever home at Phnom Tamao as he would not survive in the wild. With your support he can have the very best care possible. If you choose to sponsor Cambodia’s first elephant with a prosthetic leg, you will help to provide him with daily care, the finest watermelons, sugar cane and grass, veterinary attention and new prosthetics. 

Meet Chhouk
Chhouk was discovered alone in the forest in the North-East of Cambodia in 2007 when he was only around 1 year old with a horrific leg injury likely caused by a snare. Wildlife Alliance was asked to assist with the Wildlife Rapid Rescue Team and vets as he was not in a good way. 

The team had to stay with Chhouk in the forest for a week providing medicine, food and water before he was strong enough to survive the long journey by truck to Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Centre.

At the centre his leg was treated under sedation in weekly procedures to ensure there was no infection or bone fragments. Mr Tham took on the responsibility of being Chhouk’s main carer and slept by him each night as a surrogate mother. Once his leg was healed he would walk in the forest with Lucky, who had adopted him as a little brother, but it was clear that having one leg shorter than the others was making him very tired and affecting his development.

After a great search for help, the international prosthetics and orthotics organisation Exceed Worldwide offered to try to make Chhouk a shoe. The shoe was a great success with Chhouk feeling comfortable in it straight away and still to this day has new ones made roughly every 6 months.

We have to provide Chhouk with a forever home at Phnom Tamao as he would not survive in the wild. With your support he can have the very best care possible. If you choose to sponsor Cambodia’s first elephant with a prosthetic leg, you will help to provide him with daily care, the finest watermelons, sugar cane and grass, veterinary attention and new prosthetics.

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