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World Elephant Day 2022!

            World Elephant Day has been celebrated every August 12th since 2012, when Patricia Sims and the Thailand-based nonprofit Elephant Reintroduction Foundation partnered to found the holiday. Over the past eight years, World Elephant Day has partnered with more than 100 elephant conservation organizations from around the world, and helped to raise awareness for the need to protect and preserve elephants.

Elephants are an endangered species, and the majestic animal’s population has shrunk significantly over the past few decades. For example, in Africa, there are only about 415,000 elephants remaining; in 1989, there were 600,000, and in 1979, there were 1.3 million, according to data sent to Green Matters by Space For Giants. Many factors have contributed to elephant populations decreasing, but one of the most significant is poaching. Poachers in Africa have illegally killed an estimated 110,000 elephants over the past decade - about one quarter of what Africa’s elephant population was 10 years ago.

Only Elephants should wear Ivory!

This beautiful scene of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) grazing in the early morning light  was captured during a photography safari on an early morning game drive in Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

Taken in: Kenya / Kajiado / Amboseli (show map)

Taken on: October 2, 2021

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Camera: Canon EOS-1D X Mark II, f/10.0, 1/500 sec, 75mm, ISO 125 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS-1D X Mark II
Lens:	EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM
Aperture:	f/10.0
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	75mm
ISO:	125
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 22.4 (Macintosh)
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