In 2008, the zoo welcomed African wild dogs opened an expanded Asian elephant habitat.

Brahmagiri and Pushpagiri wildlife sanctuaries are important elephant habitats.

The subspecies is pre-eminently threatened by habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation; over 69% of potential elephant habitat has been lost within the last 25 years.

In Bangladesh, forested areas that served as prime elephant habitat have undergone drastic reduction, which had a severe impact on the wild elephant population.

The forest area of Denkanikottai forms the prime elephant habitat in the district.

It is one of the largest elephant habitats in the country.

Chandaka Wildlife Sanctuary was declared primarily to preserve wild elephants and elephant habitat.

"In the Mahaweli land development scheme we are in the process of eliminating the main natural elephant habitat in this country."

Their main work duties are within the logging industry, which causes a loss in both wild and domestic elephant habitat.

Most are engaged in timber harvesting operations and sadly contribute to the destruction of wild elephant habitat.