World Elephant day is an International annual event organised on August 12th. You may wonder why is World Elephant Day celebrated?
Table of content
1. Why World Elephant Day is celebrated?
2. Motive behind celebrating World Elephant Day
3. Characteristics of Elephant
Why World Elephant Day is celebrated?
World Elephant Day is celebrated on 12th of August every year to help protect elephants for maintaining the biodiversity of rainforest. More than 65 wildlife organisations and several people around the world celebrate this day.
This day is marked by raising, awareness about the difficulty of the Elephants in the forest and also finding out possible ways to protect them. World Elephant day is firstly created to bring the world together to help elephant on 12th of August, 2012 by Bangkok and Thailand. The initative was greatly supported by the film star and Star Trek legend William Shanter who narrated the documentary "Return to the forest", a fascinating 30 minutes film about the reintroduction of captive Asian elephants to the wild.
Motive behind celebrating World Elephant Day
The motive for the first World Elephant Day was to draw attention plight of these magnificient creatures to populations & cultures all over the world.
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"Elephants are simply one more natural resource that is being caught up in human greed on the one hand and human need, on the other hand. We somehow need people to become reacquainted with nature or they can have no clue as to the interrelatedness of causes and effects"
- Dr Stephen Blake
Characteristics of Elephant
Elephants are intelligent, family-oriented and even have good memories, yet we balance on the brink of seeing the last of this magnificient creature of the Mother Earth. By changing entire landscapes, Elephants can affect many other species, from trees to herbivore species and even predators, and perhaps their most interesting gardening method.
Taking into consideration all that what's not to love about elephants?
Did you know that around the world Elephants are being forced to live in captivity?
Forced to live their lives in isolation, in chains, treated as entertainment, tortured and tormented by cruel training practices.
Striped of their freedom, elephants belong in the wild, not behind bars.
Problems faced by wild elephants
Sadly, Elephants in the wild are facing great threats too. Countless elephants are brutally killed every year for their ivory by greedy poachers. The counting per year of chat of this giant elephants goes up to 35,000.
Conclusion
Elephants are also keystone of the biodiversity. Meaning that their extention could lead to the collapse of the ecosystem, which they inhabit.
We need to create & support protected areas, and support Anti-poaching & conservation areas to ensure that 30 years from now Elephant populations are thriving in the World Wild life.
"Say No To Elephant Ivory Products"
Let's create a stronger future for nature together.
FAQs
Q1. When is World Elephant Day celebrated?
Ans. World Elephant Day is celebrated on 12th August every year worldwide.
Q2. What are some threats faced by wild elephants?
Ans. Elephants in the wild are facing great threats too. Countless elephants are brutally killed every year for their ivory by greedy poachers.
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