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Casualties of the Ivory Trade

Every 15 minutes an elephant is killed for its ivory. That's 96 elephants a day. And this does not even include the casualties of the ivory trade: the young orphans left behind... It was for…
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Kavala, the orphaned elephant, is taking recovery one step at a time

This week, One Green Planet featured a story about Kavala, an orphan elephant in Zambia Elephantopia sponsors. Below is an excerpt and link to the whole post. Enjoy and share with a friend - and…
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Thank A Ranger: July 31

Today, July 31, is World Ranger Day. It's a day to remember all men and woman around the world who put their lives on the line to protect elephants, rhinos, tigers, lions, and other animals large and…
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JOIN THE HERD

Today, April 15, we are launching our campaign to SAVE ELEPHANTS and BUILD COMMUNITY! We hope you will join us - take a moment to learn more by checking out our Indiegogo site. You have…
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Urgent Action: Email NY State Assembly Members

(Note: the content of this blog shared from Juliette Speaks) The NY state assembly will meet on January 16 to discuss the ivory trade. Please email assembly members to tighten restrictions on ivory sales and move…
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IVORY TERROR

DID YOU KNOW: 1. Poaching and wildlife crimes funnel an estimated $19 billion annually to terrorists and other criminals. 2. The illegal wildlife trade is larger than the illicit trafficking of small arms, diamonds, gold,…
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The Ivory Crush

TODAY is a monumental day in U.S. history: the first-ever ivory crush. The 5.4 tons of  ivory that cost the lives of the 2000+ elephants will be destroyed, sending a clear message to the world that…
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Speak Up for Elephants

Barack Obama meets with China's President Xi Jinping next week. Elephantopia believes it is imperative they discuss the problem of poaching and it's correlation to terrorism and national security threats. Please call, tweet, or email…
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Black Friday

It's black friday. Unfortunately, I'm not talking about the great-sales-after-Thanksgiving! Today I was made aware of some sad news all across Africa from Kenya to South Africa. In the last two weeks, 11 elephants have…
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Q&A

We received some emails with various questions about elephants. Maybe you have some too. We are going to begin to answer these questions every Thursday. Send us a note with yours and you can be featured…
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