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World Elephant Day 2024
Context
World Elephant Day is an annual international event held on August 12 to promote the conservation and protection of elephants worldwide. On August 12, 2012, Patricia Sims, a Canadian conservationist, and the Elephant Reintroduction Foundation of Thailand, created by HM Queen Sirikit, co-founded World Elephant Day.
Key-facts about Elephants
- Elephants are the largest land mammals on earth and have distinctly massive bodies, large ears, and long trunks.
- Elephants are keystone species as well as the Natural Heritage Animal of India.
- India has the largest number of wild Asian Elephants. The elephant population in the country is estimated to be over 30,000.
- Karnataka has the highest elephant populationin India.
- Conservation Status:
- Convention of the Migratory Species (CMS):Appendix I
- Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972: Schedule I
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of threatened species:
- Asian Elephant:Endangered
- African Forest Elephant: Critically Endangered
- African Savanna Elephant:Endangered
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