Wildlife Conservation

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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Mandela & The Elephant

Every 15 minutes, an elephant is killed for its ivory. This amounts to 96 elephants per day, thousands upon thousands per year (in 2011, record numbers for elephant poaching were reached at 22,000 elephants in…
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Latest News on the Elephant March

The International March for Elephants is less than three weeks away! Here in Houston, we are working hard on final details to make this event a great opportunity to educate the public about the ivory…
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The Final Countdown

We are just one month away from the October 4 International March for Elephants! Yesterday, I was proud to meet Rosie Plaia from Different Rhythm Foundation as she finished her 160 mile walk from Austin…
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Happy Weekend: Baby Navann

This little baby from Elephant Nature Park in Thailand is the perfect way to start your weekend! Want to learn more about Navann? CLICK HERE for a bio on this beautiful baby! [youtube=http://youtu.be/bu_E2f0mQmI]
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Join the March!

I'm ecstatic! Earlier this year I started this blog and FB page as a way to share my passion about elephants with others. Now my facebook page has over 1K LIKES (most of whom I don't…
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Two Signatures

There are two opposing things going on in the United States Government right now. First, President Obama has stepped up to the plate and allotted $10million USD towards the poaching crisis in Africa! Thatdeserves a…
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Thank the President!

Today, President Obama is in Tanzania launching a new initiative with local officials to stop wildlife crime. He is granting $10 million towards the poaching epidemic in Africa. Wildlife crime (in which elephants, rhinos, sharks…
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Action Alert

Call, tweet, write! An opportunity to make a difference: The President of the US Barack Obama is in Africa - Demand that poaching be placed on the agenda! * Email comments: http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/submit-questions-and-comments * Phone Comments:…
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Foster Friday Highlights

http://youtu.be/2H9kkUUkRck I love the David Sheldrick Wildlife Foundation. It's an amazing organization dedicated to rehabilitating Africa's orphaned elephants due to the poaching crisis. Every Friday they have something called "Foster Friday" where they invite you…
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