GUWAHATI: The Assam State Zoo celebrated the seventh World Elephant Day in partnership with the Wildlife of Africa Conservation Initiative on 12th August. World Elephant Day was launched on August 12, 2012, by the Elephant Reintroduction Foundation and Canadian documentary filmmaker Patricia Sims.
The initiative is aimed at inspiring “a growing generation, knowledgeable and motivated to take positive actions on behalf of the wildlife that shares our land and sea with us and the environment.”
The event started with an ‘interactive session’ with Zoo elephants named ‘Madhavi’ and ‘Fulfuli’ during which students got an opportunity to feed the elephants. An art competition, a story competition, and a quiz competition were also held during the event.
This is the first outreach programme of the Wildlife of Africa Conservation Initiative in India, coordinated by the first member of Team Wildlife Africa from India, Akash Harizan, a wildlife conservationist.
