Today, elephants in Africa and Asia are faced with the threats of escalating poaching, habitat loss and various other conflicts with humans. World Elephant Day was launched on August 12th, 2012, to bring attention to the plight of these iconic animals and will be observed for the second time this year.
The African Elephant is one of our favourite species and every encounter with them is a moment to treasure. Shown here is a young bull crossing a road in the Kruger National Park, just south of Skukuza Rest Camp.
If you’d like to see some more of very special South African elephants, have a look here:
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Thanks for letting me know about world rhino day!
Thank you for visiting with us mflaherty!
Let’s hope that World Rhino Day 2013 marks a turning point in the fight to prevent the eradication of our rhinos. Every bit of awareness helps.
Wonderful way to help a wonderful animal.
An enlightened public is the most effective weapon in combatting poaching and other forms of wildlife exploitation. Thanks for visiting us again!
Sad to think that people really ‘need’ ivory so bad as to kill such a magnificent animal.
Only silly humans could attach value to something like an animal’s tooth… Thanks for visiting us firstandfabulous!
You are so welcome.
People are so greedy, they are indescribable.
Greed’s the cause of so many problems Seeker, for ourselves, the planet and every living creature we share it with…
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We must do something! Debemos hacer algo! Devons faire quelque chose!
Thank you vatelechuza for sharing our post with your friends!
“killing of elephants for their ivory” … if social media could have the power to stop this! I’ve heard that paying a higher income to the killers if they become wildlife guards, stopped the madness at some locations …
That’s a very sad reality Frizztext – elephants, and most wildlife for that matter, will only be secure when they are worth more (financially) alive than dead…
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Thanks de Wets for this post. I re-blogged it too.
Thanks Tish for sharing our post with your friends!
Reblogged this on Tish Farrell and commented:
The pointless killing of elephants for their ivory, funded largely by dealers in the Far East needs to stop!
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Reblogged this on SABAS LOG and commented:
On behalf of the Asian & african elephants:
Stop poaching Ivory!
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