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Okavango Delta
Botswana
Moremi Game Reserve

World Elephant Day is an international annual event on August 12, dedicated to the preservation and protection of the world's elephants. It was officially founded, supported and launched by Patricia Sims, wildlife photographer, and the Elephant Reintroduction Foundation on August 12, 2012.

The goal of International Elephant Day is to create awareness of the urgent plight of African and Asian elephants, and to share knowledge and positive solutions for the better care and management of captive and wild elephants. African elephants are listed as "Vulnerable" and Asian elephants as "Endangered" on the IUCN Red List of threatened species.

The current population estimates are about 415,000 for African and Asian elephants.

They’re intelligent, they’re family-oriented, and they have great memories. They are capable of feeling a wide range of deep emotions, from intense grief to joy bordering on elation, as well as empathy and stunning self-awareness. They create complex, supportive societies much like our own.

Taking into consideration all of that and much, much more, what’s not to love about elephants? Still, countless elephants are brutally killed every year for their ivory by greedy poachers who then leave their carcasses to rot in the sun. – Wikipedia

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This bike, hanging in my garage, has quite a history to it. When we were 16, back in 1970, my sister and I went on an American Youth Hostel bike trip to the western national parks. It was 7 weeks long with all the real long distances covered by trains. Parks visited were: Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Mt Rainier, Yellowstone, Grand Tetons and Glacier. With so many miles and memories in that bike, there is no way I could ever give it away. I'm smiling just thinking about it 51 years later. HSoS!

I took this photo when I lived in Thudufushi Resort, the Maldives. The rain was coming, and the ocean started to be a little bit agitated. The Maldivian people enjoy very much when the rain it's coming because it doesn't happen often.

Okavango Delta
Botswana
Moremi Game Reserve

I missed World Elephant Day yesterday. So here is my tribute today to the largest living land mammal.

World Elephant Day is an international annual event on August 12, dedicated to the preservation and protection of the world's elephants. It was officially founded, supported and launched by Patricia Sims, wildlife photographer, and the Elephant Reintroduction Foundation on August 12, 2012.

The goal of International Elephant Day is to create awareness of the urgent plight of African and Asian elephants, and to share knowledge and positive solutions for the better care and management of captive and wild elephants. African elephants are listed as "Vulnerable" and Asian elephants as "Endangered" on the IUCN Red List of threatened species.

The current population estimates are about 415,000 for African and Asian elephants.

They’re intelligent, they’re family-oriented, and they have great memories. They are capable of feeling a wide range of deep emotions, from intense grief to joy bordering on elation, as well as empathy and stunning self-awareness. They create complex, supportive societies much like our own.

Taking into consideration all of that and much, much more, what’s not to love about elephants? Still, countless elephants are brutally killed every year for their ivory by greedy poachers who then leave their carcasses to rot in the sun.