For her entire 51-year life, Rangoli has suffered for the entertainment of tourists. She was born at UNESCO World Heritage Site, Amer Fort, into a life of pain, captivity, and cruelty.

By making a gift of today you can help end elephant rides at Amer Fort so we can begin the process of safely retiring her and all 91 elephants that are suffering. Better yet in March of 2023 make a monthly gift through Canada Helps of $20 or more and they will give a $20 donation on your behalf in additional support.

Currently Rangoli is forced to carry tourists on her back, which is painful for elephants despite the fact they are the largest land mammal because unlike horses, which have spines consisting of smooth discs their spines are a series of bony protrusions. You can only imagine the suffering she faces carrying heavy tourists on her back non-stop during the day – and having no voice to ask for the cruelty to stop.

Rangoli endures this pain, while walking up and down the hard cobblestone roads to the top of the hill during the day – often in extreme heat. Only to then spend her nights standing in her own feces, while chained when she ‘rests’.

Rangoli's early life

When out on holiday many tourists will see elephants like Rangoli with calm demeanours and dressed beautifully. They don’t realize what is behind this facade.

While Rangoli was just a young calf, was made submissive for vacationers through a brutal training process known as "the crush". It is called that because the wild spirit of the elephant is broken down until they can no longer resist.

Her body and mind were tortured. She would have been chained and confined in small spaces, while she was abused by bull hook and subjected to stressful situations.

Rangoli has lived her life without a single moment of freedom – she has never played, swam or socialized with other elephants, as she would in the wild. It's time to give Rangoli and the other 90 elephants at Amer Fort the wild life they deserve.

Your support in action

After several years of struggle and our team in India has submitted over 95,000 signatures to the government of Rajasthan, so that 20 sick and old elephants were finally allowed to retire thanks to the support of our generous donors.

The next goal is that all 91 elephants who toil and suffer every day at Amer Fort will be allowed to move to sanctuaries where they can live out their last days in peace and security. We are closer than ever to getting this commitment with 86% of the Indian public agreeing that wildlife deserve to have a wild life.

Alongside this work we will continue to campaign to have the government close legal loopholes and provide alternative livelihoods to mahouts with legacy elephants. Despite a captive breeding ban in India certain loopholes allow for elephants that are thought to be previously owned by mahouts, to be kept in captivity. By ending these loopholes and supporting animal friendly livelihoods we can help current captive elephants have a life worth living, while preventing the illegal poaching of wild elephants - ending the remaining elephant captivity in India for good.

After years of campaigning and educating the public by our team here in India, we believe that this is the year we can convince the Government of Rajasthan to end elephant rides.

Your support today, means freedom for Rangoli and other elephants tomorrow. Thank you!