IEF is working with the Government of Indonesia to develop the Benkulu ECC into a ìmodelî center. This model center will not only improve the health and husbandry care of the elephants that reside in the center, but it will:

• demonstrate to the government of Sumatra and the managers of the other ECCs what an ideal center should resemble;



• provide a base for training the pawangs (Indonesian mahouts) and camp managers of the other elephant centers;



• provide the surrounding human communities means to benefit from the captive elephants and education materials on the conservation of elephants and habitat.

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