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World Elephant Day is celebrated on 12 August every year to raise awareness about protecting elephants.
History
- On 12 August, 2012, World Elephant Day was co-founded by Canadian filmmaker Patricia Sims and the Elephant Reintroduction Foundation of Thailand, an initiative of HM Queen Sirikit.
- This day was observed for the first time on 12 August, 2012.
- Since then, World Elephant Day has been celebrated every year.
Significance
- World Elephant Day plays a crucial role in raising awareness about the threats to elephants & how the existing population can be protected from being wiped out.
Threats faced by elephants:
- Poaching
- Illegal Ivory Trade
- Habitat Destruction
- Deforestation
- Habitat Degradation
Facts
- According to the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF), there are around 4.15 lakh African elephants left in the wild.
- There has been a 50 percent decline in the population of Asian elephants in the last 75 years.
- There are only 20,000 -40,000 Asian elephants left in the wild.
