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August 12 marks World Elephant Day. Remember the famous Short Nose family? Five years after their journey north, they now live a peaceful life back in their homeland, Xishuangbanna — and the family is growing. It’s a happy-ending story, but also a reminder that conservation is ultimately about giving wildlife room to live, grow and thrive.

The Centre for Research on Animal Rights (CRAR), India, has urged the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to investigate the transfer of five elephants from Assam to Tamil Nadu in September, alleging discrepancies in ownership records and raising concerns about possible illegal capture and commercial procurement disguised as gifts. In a letter dated October 12 to the CITES Secretariat in Geneva, CRAR founder and lawyer Alok Hisarwala Gupta sought an inquiry into the transfers of Durga, Rupsing, Shiva, Hiralal and Bijuli to religious institutions in Tamil Nadu. The letter also called for cooperation among India, Nepal and Myanmar to examine possible links between domestic demand for elephants and cross-border trafficking networks. The letter cited reports by Northeast Now, which has been covering the elephant transfers, as part of its submission seeking a CITES inquiry. Read more: https://t.co/2051B9wU2E

🙏 🐘💔 𝗜𝗙 𝗪𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗣𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗦, 𝗪𝗛𝗬 𝗗𝗢 𝗪𝗘 𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗬 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗜𝗥 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗗𝗢𝗠? This extraordinary reflection by Edward Topsell speaks volumes about something humanity has recognized for centuries: there is something profoundly awe-inspiring about an elephant. And yet today, five young elephants—Durga, Bijuli, Shiva, Hiralal and Rupsing—have been transported thousands of kilometres from Assam to Tamil Nadu, robbed from the world they knew and sent to religious institutions where these precious elephants will spend their lives confined, controlled and used in temple rituals. Two of them—𝗗𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗶𝗷𝘂𝗹𝗶—𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗙𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗹𝗱. 💔 How did reverence become possession? How did devotion come to require removing these deeply intelligent, intensely social beings from everything an elephant naturally needs? Perhaps the greatest way to honour the Divine is not to confine His magnificent creations—but to 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺, 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱. 🙏🌿 Elephants do not need to stand inside our temples for us to worship what they represent. 𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱. 𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀. 🎥 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛. 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘. 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗞 𝗨𝗣. Every person who learns what is happening becomes another heart that may begin to question it. And enough awakened hearts can become a movement. 🐘💚 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗦𝗘𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗠 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘. #MondayMotivation #BabyElephants #AsianElephants #SaveTheElephants #EndElephantCaptivity