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Joy! Elephant Birth in the Wild. We are celebrating the first elephant birth on record of 2018 by The Amboseli Trust for Elephants in Africa! A female baby was born to an elephant named Soit Nado. The Amboseli Trust for Elephants in Africa, led by Dr. Cynthia Moss, works to ensure the long-term conservation and welfare of Africa's elephants in Africa – where these elephants belong!

When funds and resources are used for real conservation by protecting elephants in the wild, natural cycles of multi-generational families and cultures thrive, and populations increase. This is a starkly bright and much-needed contrast to building multi-million dollar zoo exhibits where elephants live and die unnaturally.

An elephant birth in the wild is a real cause for celebration. Unlike elephant calves who are the result of captive births in zoos, this baby will be greeted and welcomed by her many relatives. Her bond with her mother will be unbroken for life, and all will participate in helping her find her way in the wild elephant world, as she grows up to have babies of her own and the circle of life will continue. Life isn’t guaranteed in the wilds of Amboseli (or anywhere in the world), but this baby represents a life that statistically will be a longer and fuller life than an elephant born in a zoo – and in the wild, she can directly contribute to the herd through sociality, knowledge, and reproduction!

Congratulations to elephant mom Soit Nado, and to the Amboseli Trust for Elephants for studying and protecting African elephants in the wild – where they belong!

You've helped us free almost 30 elephants from abuse and torture in eight years. Together, we’ve won court cases and rescued elephants all over India. Those who keep and torture elephants illegally have taken notice — and are worried we’ll be coming for their elephants next. Some are trying to fight back by making threats to harm or even kill the elephants in our care, as well as our staff.

Nothing is more important to us than the safety and protection of the elephants we love — and we’ll meet any threat to them head-on. We need to increase security with more patrolling guards, procure two-way radios for the staff, upgrade our CCTV camera system to watch over all of the elephant enclosures, and improve our security gates. We need to get started immediately.

Poachers are wiping African elephants from the face of the earth. They are killing 27,000 wild elephants every year. If this continues the last wild African elephant will die in 2030. Gone forever, so someone can wear an ivory trinket.

The poachers use every evil trick in the book to get elephant tusks. They end up in China to be carved into ornaments. Right now, as I write this, 76 elephants are suffering horrible deaths EVERY SINGLE DAY. Elephants are shot, hacked to death and poisoned.

The Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa is one of the elephants’ last hopes. Addo’s elephant population is growing, because of the dedication of the rangers who protect them. Addo could be the elephants last stand and I promise we will be there fighting beside the brave men and women who put their lives on the line for elephants.

Thanks to the generosity of people like you, tyhe Network For Animals Organization was able to give Addo a sophisticated drone to detect poachers from the skies. The elephants will be under aerial observation day and night, making the world a little bit safer for those who need our help so badly.

If we are going to keep elephants safe at Addo, there’s a lot of work to be done. I want to build new accommodation for poacher-tracking dogs and buy sophisticated equipment to monitor poaching hot-spots. This is a fight we must win, so, please, if you can, give generously to Network for Animals today so our grandchildren know what an elephant is.

A Heartfelt Message from Brian Davies at the Network for Animals: Addo has a special place in my heart because 20 years ago my organization donated today’s equivalent of $4-million to Addo for the purchase of additional land for elephants. It was the start of a process that has seen Addo become an important sanctuary. Now with your help, I will be able to make sure it stays that way.

Elephant Suffers Prolonged Death From Topeka Zoo Negligence. Topeka Zoo in Kansas failed, on many brutal counts, to adequately care for Shannon, a 35-year old African elephant who died on December 11. Shannon spent roughly ten excruciating hours on her side overnight - with no monitoring of her situation from Zoo staff after they left for the evening. This is inexcusable since Shannon, the Zoo's youngest elephant, was found "downed" on her side on the previous day, when the Zoo called firefighters to help hoist her to her feet. We can't let the three remaining elephants suffer the same fate! TAKE ACTION.

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