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Comprised of rangers, mahouts & trained elephants, Conservation Response Units (CRUs) in Way Kambas National Park (WKNP) work with local communities to secure safe habitat for herds of critically endangered Sumatran elephants. WKNP contains abundant natural resources, attracting illegal human settlements and logging operations, and the poaching of wildlife thus destroying protected elephant habitat causing elephants to leave WKNP in search of food and safety. Through patrols, CRUs eliminate illegal human entry into the park and associated criminal activity, assist injured wildlife, encourage elephants to remain in the park and when they do leave herd the elephants away from human settlements and back into the park. CRU outreach efforts encourage local participation in crop guarding helping to prevent elephant caused crop damage resulting in advocating conservation instead of retaliation.

To learn more about CRUs and to support their critical conservation work support the International Elephant Foundation and visit www.elephantconservation.org