Did you know that 96 African elephants disappear each day due to the high demand for the ivory, of which their tusks are made?
While Asian female elephants, like Jewel, don’t have tusks—all African elephants and male Asian elephants do—that didn’t stop her from joining the effort to help save elephants in the wild by raising her trunk in celebration of World Elephant Day.
To learn how to join the international effort to safeguard Asian and African elephants, visit: www.lazoo.org/worldelephantday