Sébastien Duffillot

Sébastien Duffillot

Sébas­tien Duffillot

Sébas­tien Duffil­lot is a found­ing part­ner of the Ele­phant Con­ser­va­tion Cen­ter in Say­a­boury, Laos as well as co-founder of the NGO Ele­fantAs­ia. An act­ive mem­ber of the IUCN Asi­an Ele­phant Spe­cial­ist Group (IUCN SSP AsESG) and the Asi­an Cap­tive Ele­phant Work­ing Group (ACEWG), Mr Duffil­lot also serves as pres­id­ent of the NGO Des Ele­phants et Des Hommes. Sébas­tien is author of The Ele­phant Cara­van (Act­es Sud, 2003) and Walk­ing with Giants (Act­es Sud, 2016).

You can’t furlough an elephant: How Laos’ ECC is surviving the COVID crisis

February 8, 2022

One can't simply furlough a bull elephant and his mahout. Image supplied by the Elephant Conservation Center in Sayaboury, Laos.

What would you do if rev­en­ues dried up but you had dozens of ele­phants to look after? The Ele­phant Con­ser­va­tion Cen­ter (ECC) in Say­a­boury, Laos faced this situ­ation as COVID-19 lock­downs and travel bans bit in March 2020. ECC found­ing part­ner Sébas­tien Duffil­lot shares what they did. It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight. [Thanks to “GT” Destination […]

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