Our mission is to abolish elephant slavery by educating and enlightening people about the plight of captive and wild Asian elephants, protect them by mitigating human-elephant conflicts in captivity and in the wild, and rehabilitate the captive ones in elephant havens where they can roam freely. VFAES utilizes as an essential educational tool, “Gods in Shackles,” a multiple award-winning and United Nations nominated documentary produced by VFAES Founding Executive Director, Sangita Iyer. This epic film seeks to cultivate empathy and foster mind shifts, as it reveals the truth behind the glamorous festivals in which elephants are exploited for profit in the name of culture within Kerala, India.