World Elephant Day is August 12 & How You Can Help Save Elephants

Did you know that World Elephant Day is August 12?

The Wildlife Conservation Society’s 96 Elephants campaign focuses on protecting forest elephants from extinction, through awareness and legislation. More than 35,000 elephants are killed by poachers each year for their ivory and the goal of 96 Elephants is to stop the killing, demand and trafficking of elephant ivory. Last weekend, President Obama announced his administration’s proposal to ban ivory sales in the United States. The public has 60 days to comment on the bill and then the administration can make changes. We don’t want the bill to become less effective as a result, so we need your support!

The 96 Elephants campaign is named for the number of elephants currently gunned down each day by poachers. It focuses on: securing effective U.S. moratorium laws; bolstering elephant protection with additional funding; and educating the public about the link between ivory consumption and the elephant poaching crisis. You can learn more about 96 Elephants at the official site, http://www.96elephants.org.

World Elephant Day is August 12 and the Bronx Zoo will be having many activities:

STAMPede activity. Kids will be encouraged to color in or use a hand stamp on an elephant foot print to #BeHerd and show their support for elephants.
Make a pledge to participate in #BeHerd comment days – your readers can go here immediately to sign a pledge: http://bit.ly/1UlvZpI
Take an #elphie with the World Elephant Day photo booth. Use props & frames to take fun photos to support elephants. Remember to tag with #elphie & #BeHerd
Visit the World Elephant Day exhibit in Dancing Crane Pavilion
Sign letters to President Obama supporting the ivory Ban
Visit a 15 ton sand sculpture of an African elephant!

Please donate a tweet to save elephants:

Click the tweet button to tweet this: Join the #STAMPede! I want my voice to #BeHerd so elephants don’t disappear. Support the federal ivory ban. bit.ly/1T0hOng