AUGUST 12
Bringing the world together to help elephants
'' 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. ''
On August 12, 2012, the inaugural World Elephant Day was launched to bring attention to the urgent plight of Asian and African elephants.The elephant is loved, revered and respected by people and cultures around the world, yet we balance on the brink of seeing the last of this magnificent creature.
Graydon Carter
Editor of Vanity Fair
'' Elephants are living treasures.
Nature’s gardeners. Nature’s great teachers. ''
Virginia McKenna OBE
Founder and Trustee Born Free Foundation
CONTACT INFORMATION
Elephant Reintroduction Foundation
255-257 Hua Seng Heng 2 Building
Soi Mangkorn Yaowaraj Road Sampantawong
Bangkok 10100, Thailand
info@worldelephantday.org
www.elephantreintroduction.org
World Elephant Day
c/o PO Box 20075
Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
V8L 2X4
info@worldelephantday.org
www.worldelephantday.org