World Elephant Day, August 12, 2017. This is the fifth World Elephant Day, a global event launched in 2012. This year numerous organizations dedicated to elephants are honoring this day in a […]
Elephant Update — Asia and Africa
Asia and Africa — where the elephants live. Separate species, the Asian and African elephants are unalike in many ways. One of the most pronounced differences is their coloration. African elephants […]
Super Tusker: Is All Well for Boswell?
Meet Boswell. Boswell is a relatively famous elephant who lives in Zimbabwe. His primary notoriety is for standing on his hind legs to fetch juicy leaves and branches that others cannot reach. […]
The Beginning of the End
Sunrise or sunset? Beginning or end? As one year comes to a close and another opens, it is natural to assess where we are and where we are going. For the elephants, […]
Living Dinosaurs
Could elephants really become extinct in our lifetimes? Media coverage is now referring to elephants as “living dinosaurs.” An oxymoron? Not really. More of a prediction. A grim future for elephants is […]
Cheers!
This past Thursday, June 2, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service announced a near-total ban on the commercial trade of African elephant ivory. More than 1.3 million comments were filed during […]
Join the Herd on World Wildlife Day
Tomorrow, March 3, is World Wildlife Day. Established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2013, the purpose of World Wildlife Day is to build awareness of and develop solutions to threats […]
Elephants Forever Reached 102 Countries in 2015
Word Press just sent me the annual report on the Elephants Forever site and thanks to all of you, we had 5,100 visitors in 2015 from a total of 102 countries! On […]
Technology, Tusks and Terrorists
The cover story of National Geographic’s September issue is entitled “Tracking Ivory.” A companion piece, “Warlords of Ivory,” aired last night on the National Geographic TV channel. Both cover the bold effort […]
Happy World Elephant Day!
What have you done for the elephants today? There is still time to act, if not today, then tomorrow or the next. But don’t put it off for too long. Your voice […]
