World Elephant Day is annually celebrated on 12 August to create awareness on elephant conservation and to share knowledge and positive solutions for the better protection and management of wild and captive elephants.
Key findings
- World Elephant Day plays a crucial role in raising awareness about the problems faced by these gentle giants all around the globe.
- It also highlights the need for the protection of elephants and laws and measures to be enacted to ensure their survival.
- The year 2022 marks the 11th anniversary of World Elephant Day.
Background
- World Elephant Day was started as an initiative by two Canadian filmmakers, Patricia Sims and Michael Clark of Canazwest pictures, and the Secretary General of Thailand’s Elephant Reintroduction Foundation – Sivaporn Dardarananda.
- The first World Elephant Day was observed on August 12, 2012.
Related Articles
UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist Main Admit Card 2023 released on upsc.gov.in, download link here
NEW DELHI: The Union Public Service Commission on Friday released the UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist Main admit card 2023. Candidates who are going to participate in the examination can download their hall tickets from the official website of UPSC -...
Nadeem Zaman, author, The Inheritors – “Displacement has been a constant in my work”
Tell us about The Inheritors. How did the idea for it come about? Author Nadeem Zaman (Courtesy the subject) In early 2021, during spring semester at the college where I teach, I’d included The Great Gatsby in the syllabus, and during class discussion one day...
Review: The Woman Who Climbed Trees: A Novel by Smriti Ravindra
Smriti Ravindra’s The Woman Who Climbed Trees, set in Nepal and its borderlands, is an exploration into women’s lack of agency within patriarchal society. It delves into the complexities that arise when husbands are physically and emotionally distant, leaving...