Elephants are rare animals have been recorded in the World Red Book, the Organization for International Nature Conservation (IUCN) has listed elephants in distress; Decree 32/2006 / ND-CP ratings Elephant in Group IB: prohibit exploitation and use for commercial purposes. For Highland fellow outside material values, elephants valid mentally, spiritually, is the oldest cultural identity. Elephant contribute in creating the image and impression in the hearts of friends and travelers to Dak Lak.
Elephant declining home much in 3 decades, from 502 children in 1980, now the remaining 45 children (including two elephant rescue Center Flat BTV). The decline for many reasons: State prohibits hunting of wild elephants for elephant taming make the (elephants are classified in the category of rare wildlife IB prohibits exploitation or use for commercial purposes); In recent times recorded no elephant house in Dak Lak reproduction. Elephant breeding home is because the elephants are kept separate, operating mainly on the purpose of travel; Elephant owners only 1, 2 children so the opportunity to pair, mate little.
Center after BTV was founded in 2011 has focused on promoting reproductive natural way in taming elephants. But 2016 research projects to promote fertility in domesticated elephants newly approved, funding allocation and deployment. Which aims to take blood samples to determine the estrous cycle and ovulation to notify the elephant knows paired with male elephants mating.
Perform scientific research project on the provincial "fertility studies of domesticated elephants in Dak Lak" Initial Results in Commercial M'Lieng instinct, Lak district of Medicine MU Bkrông elephant owners was pregnant , so far has been 18 months and the expected birth in January 9/2017.
Ban Nang Elephant in Buon M 'Lieng, Lak district (T4 / 2017)
Center for BTV and organization Animals Asia Foundation (AAF) was very interested, support care for instinct: has sent veterinarians , domestic and foreign experts and regular check ups and counseling support reproductive care for elephants; Planned deliveries. Invited foreign experts midwifery for elephants, discuss, discuss, choose natural birth plan or midwife as in zoos; With the behavior of elephants living in the wild herd in childbirth will have the other elephants in the herd support for midwifery and nesting mother elephant and elephant successfully born. The Center has applied and is expected to hire another female elephant (the elephant H 'goals) as a friend, as nurses, support for instinct stages before, during and after spawning; simultaneous survey, find locations, suitable forests to lay instinct and child care after birth.
After surveying many times, in many areas in Lak District; dated 15.05.2017 of the survey team and organization BTV Center AAF agreed to choose forests in and around the grazing areas of Wildlife Management Unit Forest Historical-Cultural Environment Lak lake, under the sub-region 1341 is the appropriate place to instinct childbirth and parenting until stiff. Expected, if allowed, would give birth elephants and elephant nanny instinct H 'shoot at this location in May 7/2017 to 2 months before birth could become familiar with the environment.
Specialist Erin (AAF), Italy Phon Bkrông - deprecating instinct in the survey places to graze instinct (27/04/2017)
Experts Dionne, Nguyen Tam Thanh (AAF) and e / c Huynh Trung Luan (TTBTV) forest surveys for siting the birth instinct, at the wildlife grazing the forest management Unit Cultural and Historical Environment Lak lake (05/15/2017)
With the attention and support of all TTBTV ink, held AAF, hoping instinct successfully give birth in may 9/2017 and then will have more elephants others will follow.