World Elephant Day | 12 Aug 2024

World Elephant Day is celebrated every year on the 12^th 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.