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Monthly Roundup July 2024

The official theme for World Elephant Day 2024 is “Personifying prehistoric beauty, theological relevance, and environmental importance.”

Are you planning an event to support your favourite elephant charity for #WorldElephantDay2024? Check out all the #Elevents being planned on the official World Elephant Day site HERE

And learn more about the history of World Elephant Day HERE

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World Elephant Day is a day where organizations and individuals can rally together to give a voice to the issues threatening elephants.

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World Elephant Day 2024: A Call to Protect and Preserve

"World Elephant Day, observed annually on August 12, plays a crucial role in spotlighting the urgent issues faced by elephants and advocating for their protection and preservation. This day is dedicated to raising awareness about the threats confronting these majestic creatures and promoting efforts to safeguard their future."

World Elephant Day 2024: Know Surprising Cultural Significance Elephants Have Around the World

"Elephants are not just majestic creatures; they hold deep cultural significance across many societies, embodying wisdom, strength, and spiritual power. This blog delves into the rich cultural significance of elephants around the world, highlighting how these gentle giants have shaped human history and tradition."

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We admire elephants in part because they demonstrate what we consider the finest human traits: empathy, self-awareness, and social intelligence. But the way we treat them puts on display the very worst of human behavior.

– Graydon Carter, Editor of Vanity Fair

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An Afternoon with Elephants: Virtual Safari with founder of World Elephant Day Patricia Sims

Join Canadian Geographic, Vaya Adventures and award-winning documentary filmmaker, conservationist and Founder of World Elephant Day, Patricia Sims on Oct 3 at 11PST / 1pm EST. Learn how her film “Return To The Forest” narrated by William Shatner launched the global elephant conservation movement and the birth of World Elephant Day, which is now in its 13th annual year of reaching millions of people across the globe about the critical issues impacting African and Asian elephants and conservation solutions required to protect them.

Take a virtual safari with Patricia to experience her exclusive World Elephant Day Tour through Kenya, August 13 – 30, 2024, in partnership with Canadian Geographic Travel and Vaya Adventures, to meet some of the incredible organizations and inspiring people behind the African elephant conservation movement.

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