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Happy Holidays from Elephanatics!

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Another year over and what have we done?

In the words of Charles Dickens;

“I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round…as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time.”

All year long elephant conservation organizations work compassionately and conscientiously to make the world a better place for elephants – proving that, with consistent efforts, the essence of the holiday spirit is manifested through their accomplishments. The whole planet reaps the benefit of natures tending and the charitable giving of those who have supported these efforts. For this, we are extremely grateful and thankful to all of you who have been part of our success in reaching our goals to broaden our outreach in education and advocacy awareness campaigns for elephants during the year.

Throughout 2024 there has been several positive conservation efforts made globally by organizations to increase protection for elephants. Some include:

  • Strengthened Anti-Poaching efforts
  • Habitat Protection and Restoration efforts
  • Collaboration with other conservation organizations
  • Community building efforts
  • Research and Monitoring
  • Technology and Innovation – to include the use of drones as a major asset to help protect and monitor elephants
  • Education outreach
  • Policy advocacy

Elephanatics has been proactive at building out our education efforts by collaborating with our partner organization, Mara Elephant Project, in Kenya. We are very excited about this partnership! We offer a variety of FREE educational resources for teachers, educators and students to utilize. Education is key to understanding the problems elephants encounter on a daily basis from poaching, human-elephant conflict and habitat loss, to creating co-existence strategies to counter these issues. The benefits of collaborating with an organization that deals with these concerns is paramount to building capacity and resilience against further threats to elephants and all wildlife. We also continue to support organizations and policymakers that aim to strengthen the international legal framework to prevent and combat wildlife trafficking.

Our wish for you this holiday season is to find peace in the least expected places, use that peace to bring calm to others, and to forge ahead into 2025 with renewed ambitions and hopes.

We thank you for your continued support!

Best Wishes,

The Elephanatics Team

#BlackFriday and #GivingTuesday

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Greetings fellow elephant lovers!

We have some wonderful ideas on how to give back and support wildlife conservation too!

This #BlackFriday and #GivingTuesday Elephanatics is acknowledging the outstanding work efforts of the Mara Elephant Project in the Maasai Mara, Kenya. They have been a long-standing partner of Elephanatics and are top leaders in elephant conservation in Africa. We are grateful for their protection of wildlife through innovative techniques and technologies advancement to their dynamic co-existence strategies used to create economically resilient communities by cultivating and growing elephant friendly crops! We are proud to support and donate to their organization!

Starting November 29, Black Friday, thanks to the generosity of a donor, Mara Elephant Project is matching all donations up to $50,000 through to #GivingTuesday, December 3rd. The actions that MEP are taking now are paving pathways for future generations of elephants and communities that call the Mara home. Don’t miss the opportunity to help African communities retain their natural heritage by supporting their work. You can purchase their handmade items in link below:
https://linktr.ee/maraelephantproject?utm_source=linktree_admin_share

Double your impact by donating to Mara Elephant Project today to secure a future for elephants. You can also donate to Elephanatics as all our donations go directly to the Mara Elephant Project.

We thank you for your continued love of elephants and that you appreciate the amount of time, money, and effort it takes to protect these magnificent animals. We wish you a very happy, and healthy, holiday season ahead!

The Elephanatics Team!

Elephanatics December Newsletter

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Dreams can come true!

Good News to Celebrate this Holiday Season!

On November 20th , 2023 the Canadian Government passed the ban on domestic trade in elephant ivory and rhino horn, as well as the import of hunting trophies containing these parts. The landmark measures fulfill a 2021 Ministerial mandate and are a critical step in protecting these iconic species. Canada now joins the UK, France, China, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Belgium, Luxembourg, the EU, and nearly every state in the United States who has closed or has severe restrictions on their ivory markets.

Elephanatics created the Ivory-Free Canada campaign then joined by Humane Society International Canada, Rhino and Elephant Defenders, World Elephant Day and the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada, to form the Ivory Free Canada coalition. Together, we were relentless in our mission to get this ban passed!

Fran Duthie, Elephanatics founder and President says “The team at Elephanatics is thrilled that regulations to ban the elephant ivory and rhino horn trade, along with the import of trophy hunts and their parts, are to be enacted by the Canadian Government. We would like to thank all our supporters, our coalition partners, conservationists, scientists, politicians, volunteers, journalists, and people who worked tirelessly to make this happen. From the petition created by the Ivory Free Canada coalition that reached over 700,000 signatures, showing overwhelming support to save elephants and rhinos, to endless advocacy, to the collaboration of like minds working together to save a species, our mission has come to fruition. It is a time to be grateful and to celebrate this grand achievement. We did it!” Read more here.

This holiday season, please consider making a donation to the Fran Duthie African Elephant scholarship, distributed by Mara Elephant Project, to create more opportunities for Kenyan students pursuing a career in conservation. To learn more, click here. To donate, click here.

The #HolidaysAreComing! Get your 20% discount on ALL our merchandise until Dec 25th. Whether it’s for the holiday season or another celebration, we have a gift for you. Your purchase goes towards the conservation of saving elephants and wildlife in Africa.

Thanks again for your support. Together we have made a vital difference for elephants and rhinos and together we can continue to ensure that they have a bright future ahead.

Wishing you and yours all the very best for a happy, healthy, prosperous, holiday season and New Year ahead.

The Elephanatics Team

#GivingTuesday 2021 – Mara Elephant Project – Rangers

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This #GivingTuesday November 2021, Elephanatics is raising money for their partner organization, the Mara Elephant Project
Please consider purchasing of one of the items listed in the AmazonSmile Wish List. Make it a gift to give someone for the holiday season that will be appreciated and used. Let’s keep elephants safe and alive!
A great way to support Mara Elephant Project’s rangers and research department is through their AmazonSmile Wish List. Loaded with items essential to their work both in the field and in their office at headquarters, you’ll find a great, tangible way to celebrate these men and women’s work that protects elephants and their habitats in the Greater Mara Ecosystem. Featured items include Garmin watches and iReach devices used by MEP rangers to communicate back to headquarters and send location coordinates and provides them with GPS navigation. The list also includes some basic essentials like a First Aid kit, re-chargeable flashlights, binoculars and a UV protection hood and face mask perfect for working in the field under COVID conditions. So, shop now to support MEP’s rangers and research staff this holiday season.