There are just 10 days left till
#WorldElephantDay on August 12! Before my trip to Kenya with
@amarula_official, I didn't understand how bad the plight of the African Elephant is. But it's bad. An elephant is slaughtered illegally for the ivory in its tusks on average every 15 minutes somewhere on the continent of Africa. This means we lose more than 90 elephants a day and there are less than 400,000 left for us to enjoy seeing when we go on Safari or just visit any country in Africa for any other reason. Some countries now have no elephants left at all!! Can you imagine a trip to Africa without elephants? What kind of trip would that be?! If we don't do something, in our lifetime they will be gone. In Kenya where
@wildlifedirect has been so instrumental because of the work
@paula_kahumbu and her team are doing, the problem is not as severe as it is elsewhere. They've been able to affect real, lasting and measurable change that has helped make it possible for the elephant population to...