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World Elephant Day
- 12 Aug 2024
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World Elephant Day is celebrated every year on the 12th August to bring awareness to the status of Asian and African elephants in the wild.
- The theme for 2024 is “Personifying prehistoric beauty, theological relevance, and environmental importance”.
- India is home to about 60% of the world's Asian elephant population, with an estimated 27,312 individuals as per the 2017 census and 138 identified elephant corridors.
- Elephants have a gestation period of about 22 months, the longest of any land animal.
- Asian elephants(Indian) are classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List due to habitat loss, human-elephant conflict, and poaching.
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