Ramu’s Story

From the time he was born, Ramu has not had an easy life. He has bounced around to different facilities across Nepal and India, known as being a rather naughty young elephant. After being trained to work in tourism and losing both of his tusks due to fighting with other elephants, Ramu was bought by an elephant owner in Chitwan, Nepal.

For years, Ramu was used for tourist rides until he showed too much aggression and became too dangerous for tourists to interact with closely. At that point, Ramu was becoming more and more challenging to manage and, because of that, transitioned to being chained in one spot, full-time. That was over five years ago.

In 2021, Ramu was moved to a new piece of land closer to the jungle that is more peaceful. This move had the potential to provide more freedom to Ramu; unfortunately, due to financial restraints, management changes never came to fruition. Ramu is still chained full-time because the materials strong enough to keep him in an enclosure chain-free are too costly for his owner to purchase.

To help combat the financial difficulties that have made it challenging to give Ramu enough food and space, we launched Project Ramu! Through this project, we are taking on the costs of Ramu’s care to ensure he and his mahout(s) are taken care of while we strive to raise the necessary funds for an enclosure.

As a young bull who has endured more than some would in a lifetime, he deserves a second chance to live as all elephants should. Thank you for your kind support of this project, and we hope that we can cultivate a new reality for Ramu together.