Ellie’s View

Earth Day and Elephant Videos

This is a rather popular commercial at the moment: http://youtu.be/-xEYYdvcQjo This clip showed me just how iconic the elephant is to the average consumer. When we think Africa, we think elephants. When we think adventure,…
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Join the Herd : Meet Kavala

WE ARE OVER HALFWAY to our STRETCH GOAL of $4500! Thank you for joining the herd and supporting Elephantopia as we create a community of people committed to saving elephants! If you haven't already, please invite 3 friends…
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Nearly 2K in 2Days

WE MET OUR INITIAL GOAL! The $1400 will cover all the basic start-up costs needed for Elephantopia to be an official nonprofit. Thank you for your important support, we couldn't do this without YOU. NOW we need to raise $4500 to begin…
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Give It A Rest: A Musician’s Opinion on the Ivory Ban

I'm a musician by trade. I began taking piano lessons at the age of 3, obtained a BA piano, and for the last 7 years I have been teaching, writing, directing and performing music of…
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Calling All Elephant Advocates!

We are excited to announce that this week we received a notice from the Texas State Department that Elephantopia is officially recognized as a nonprofit in the state of Texas. As we celebrate this recognition, we…
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How Community Can Save Elephants in Zambia

Zambia...it's a country with beautiful people, teaming with wildlife & elephants, but a place that is home, unfortunately, to poachers. We are excited to be starting a friendship with Game Rangers International. They work in the greater Kafue National…
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Ivory Economics

A few weeks ago, I shared how the NRA in the United States is opposing the ivory ban. I was shocked to receive emails and comments from NRA members defending their desire to kill elephants…
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Coffee & Clothes for Elephant Conservation

Elephantopia's goals are twofold: save elephants & build community. If you love elephants and are concerned about the future of Africa's communities adversely affected by poaching and crime syndicates, then these are probably your goals too.…
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Update from Last Week’s Ivory Summit in London

Last year, 50,000 elephants were killed. In case you missed that, in 2013, 50,000 elephants were killed for their tusks. Or think of this: every 15 minutes an elephant dies in Africa.  You may wonder, how…
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Save Elephants, Build Community

That's what Elephantopia is about. How are we doing this? A Look Behind: In the last year of existence, Elephantopia  created a petition with over 10,000 signatures asking Pope Francis to continue the work begun…
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