This day, August 12, marks the beanfeast of World Elephant Day. Elephants are Nature's feather in the cap, which have the quirky artistry to never brush out the incidents that they have encountered. World Elephant Day was launched on August 12, 2012 with the endeavor to achieve attention towards the urgent betrothal of Asian and African Elephants. Elephant is adored, revered and venerated by people and the heritages around all over the world albeit the upsurge in poaching, habitat loss and fragmentation, human-wildlife conflict, which are just some of the threats to both Asian and African Elephants.
Various organizations across the world intend for the amelioration of Elephant Conservation by prosecuting laws to prevent their illegal plundering for their tusks. As claimed by researchers, the ivory sold across the world is not coming from the hoard of ivory but from the elephants that have been plundered within the last few years.
""Elephants are Nature's paragon and the only innocuous blessing."
In 1989 when the convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was eventuated it was reckoned that this will seize the plundering of elephants for their tusks but the scenario becomes opposite for the African elephants. To decease this plight we need the change in the complete system. We need to recognize the whole elephant poaching exists within its own
market system. To stop the smuggling and slaughtering of tuskers for the insistence of ivory, we need to inculcate the end consumers. Innovation can be an effective device to obstruct poachers- GPS collars, audio sensors, artificial intelligence and Games. Yes, you heard it right. An organization called the Internet of Elephants is working to increase compassion and understanding of elephants through any tech means they can come up with. One of the methods is an augmented-reality game called Safari- Central.
Communal conservancies can also help in banning the illegal trade of ivory. In conjunction with legalising the laws on banning the ivory trade, it is the responsibility of the masses not to put money into ivory. Common folk should succour the organizations that are actively committed to elephant preservation. Legalizing the ivory trade makes it seem that many of the reckless crimes and
actions committed by criminal hunters in the black market would come more effectively under regulation nevertheless it is controversial to many.
To preclude the extinction of these tuskers, international trade ban of ivory, along with funding to create wildlife preserves and anti-poaching effort, can help these tuskers population recover.
These tuskers are not only a beauty to behold but play an formidable role in balancing the natural ecosystems. On the occasion of World Elephant
Day, we must take an oath to help in the conservation of elephants.
This article was received as an entry to the Article Writing Competition, organized by Synapse, on the occasion of World Elephant Day.
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