Lhokseumawe elephant center, in Lhokseumawe, Indonesia .
Lhokseumawe was selected as the best site for a centre after surveying four potential sites (Ramono et. al.,1987). Suprahman et. al. (1993) report a population estimate of 40 elephants for this centre and Forestry department statistics for 1995/1996 show that 19 elephants from this centre were sent to zoos and tourism projects and two to logging operations