Center for Elephant Conservation

Asian Elephants by the Numbers


35,000 Number of Asian elephants that exist in the world today. Additionally, the aging population in North America zoos is rapidly nearing demographic extinction. 200,000 Number of Asian elephants that existed in the wild in 1900. 141 Number of years Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey^® has been working with elephants.
	23 Number of calves born in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’s breeding program in the past twelve years. Between the elephants at the Ringling Bros. Center for Elephant Conservation and those performing with The Greatest Show On Earth®, Ringling Bros. has the largest sustainable population of captive Asian elephants in the Western Hemisphere.
2049 The year that Asian elephants in the care of humans could face extinction in North America without a concentrated effort on breeding. (Ft. Worth Zoo Study 2000). 35 Number of years that Asian elephants have been on the endangered species list. 22 Months of gestation period for elephants. 300 Average number of pounds a Ringling Bros. calf weighs at birth.
150-200 Number of pounds of hay per day that is the staple diet for an Asian elephant. 30-50 Gallons of water that are consumed on a daily basis. 10,000 – 12,000 Average number of pounds a male elephant will weigh (Females range between 8,000 – 10,000 pounds).
10 Average height (in feet) of an Asian elephant. 150,000 Number of muscles and tendons in an elephant’s trunk.