Every year 12 August is celebrated as World Elephant Day.
This day is celebrated to create awareness about elephants.
The strongest animal in the world is the elephant
World Elephant Day was first celebrated on 12 August 2012
Elephant Day is launched to raise awareness about the plight of Asian and African elephants.
World Elephant Day was launched on 12 August 2012 to protect the endangered elephant. Key contributors are Canadian film directors Patrica Sims and Michael Clarke, and Thailand's Elephant Conservation Secretary General Shivaporn Dardarananda.
On the first World Elephant Day, Hollywood actor William Shutter made the first documentary about elephants, 'Return to the Forest'.
65 wildlife organizations and millions of wildlife experts from different countries around the world support World Elephant Day.
The 'Elephant Project' was launched in 1992 to prevent the killing of elephants. The Central Government constituted the Elephant Task Force in 2010 for the proper implementation of this scheme.