Elephants in AZA accredited zoos offer enormous educational experiences to visitors. In a 2005 national poll, 95% of U.S. adults agreed that seeing elephants in real life fosters a greater appreciation of these majestic animals and encourages people to learn more about them. In this same survey, 86% of respondents agreed that visiting zoos and aquariums encourages people to donate money or time to wildlife conservation.
Below is the number of current AZA accredited institutions that care for elephants and the number of elephants in our care.
88 AZA accredited institutions care for a total of 294 elephants:
| African Elephants 155 African elephants reside in 48 AZA accredited institutions 28 males |
 | Asian Elephants 139 Asian elephants reside in 40 AZA accredited institutions 27 males Source: http://www.elephanttag.org/ |
