The event is one of many being organised across the world on 12 August to celebrate World Elephant Day. They are part of our natural environment our culture, our identity and our heritage. Care for the natural environment should be understood as a moral duty, as it was in the past by cultures with close bonds with nature. But science has revealed that modern humans are no less dependent on the natural world than ‘primitive’ societies. This is one reason why the collaboration on World Elephant Day between two African organizations, Amarula and WildlifeDirect, is significant.

Source: The Guardian August 12, 2017 03:56 UTC