Elephants are in crisis.
World Elephant Day was founded to bring people together to help conserve and protect elephants from the numerous threats they face.
Most pressingly, the slaughter of African elephants for their ivory is leading rapidly toward their extinction. These beloved animals are known for their high intelligence, self-awareness, altruism, grief, learning, compassion, affection, cooperation, memory, allomothering, mimicry, play, use of tools, and empathy. Aristotle once said that elephants are “the animal which surpasses all others in wit and mind.”
How can we stand by when nearly 100 of these magnificent creatures are brutally slaughtered by poachers in the illegal ivory trade every day? The answers is we can’t. What kind of world would it be without the elephant?
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| Courtesy of Earth Day for Almost Extinct Animals on Facebook |
Today, and through the end of August, 30% of your purchase price from my
Etsy shop and
web store will go to the
Elephant Crisis Fund. This is being administered by two great organizations,
Save the Elephants and
Wildlife Conservation Network. As WCN states on its website:
The elephant poaching crisis is now too large for any one organization or government to solve and requires a coalition that can tackle poaching, ivory trafficking and ivory demand. The role of the Elephant Crisis Fund is to quickly fund the most innovative and effective projects in these three areas across the coalition. From fuel for a small plane to provide aerial surveillance over a national park in Kenya to anti‐ivory campaigns featuring celebrities in China, the Elephant Crisis Fund identifies and supports the most critical initiatives that can save elephants.
With the future of African elephants hanging by a thread, this is the moment for us to take action. Please donate directly to the
Elephant Crisis Fund, or if you’ve been eyeing something in my shops, make the purchase now, knowing you are contributing to this vital cause.
If your funds are low (I understand!), please help by spreading the word.
