Voices for Asian Elephants

Voices for Asian Elephants VFAE connects humans and Asian elephants through awareness and education. Please visit our website for more information about Sangita.

In service to the Asian elephants and planet earth Voice for Asian Elephants Society bridges the gap between humans and Asian elephants and empowers shifts in perceptions in creating peaceful co-existence with each other and the elephants. We share knowledge, scientific inquiries, and deeper insights gathered from ancient wisdom and personal experiences with elephants through evocative writings, s

peaking engagements, and wilderness/ elephant experiences that nurture awe, empathy, and respect for all sentient beings, and gratitude for the abundance of gifts that the natural world continues to bestow upon humankind. Our first project is "Gods in Shackles" documentary that exposes the dark side of Kerala's glamorous cultural festivities and rituals that exploit captive elephants for profit under the guise of culture and religion, revealing the abhorrent torture these supremely gentle and intelligent animals suffer. One of the main intentions in producing this film is to create a deeper understanding of the behavior and social organization of Asian elephants, as well as their inherent abilities to feel and communicate. Using this film we aim to engage and educate key stakeholders, and equip the owners and handlers with positive reinforcement strategies that promote empathy and alleviate the pain and suffering of Kerala's captive elephants. Gods in Shackles is a feature length documentary film in the making, an exposรจ revealing the sordid secrets lurking beneath the glitz and glamour of Kerala's captive elephants used in festivities, and the exploitation of these supremely gentle and intelligent beings in the name of culture and religion. In this film, Sangita Iyer will take you through her personal journey that began in December 2013, when she traveled to her birthplace in Kerala, Southern India, and reconnected with her soul animals โ€“ these gentle giants. Her plan was to meet with world-renowned elephant scientists and gather research material for The Huffington Post. But after 10 days of witnessing festivities and temple rituals using male elephants inflicted with massive tumors, deep wounds, ripped ears, and even blindness, she knew that these animals needed help. Sangita Iyer is an award-winning documentary film maker and has won numerous academic accolades. http://voiceforasianelephants.com/about-the-matriarch/

09/02/2026

๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿšจ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ง ๐—š๐—จ๐—”๐—ฅ๐——๐—œ๐—”๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—™๐—œ๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐——๐—ฌ!

After months of preparation and waiting, we are absolutely ๐—ง๐—›๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐——โ€”and incredibly relievedโ€”to share this wonderful news: 30 EleSense devices have now been fully assembled and are ready for installation! โค๏ธ๐Ÿ˜

The official inauguration will take place on ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฐ, followed by installation through ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฑโ€”bringing this innovative early-warning technology to a new landscape where it can help ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ while fostering safer coexistence.

And we already know the extraordinary potential of this technology. ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ,๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜-๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€. Just imagine the precious lives behind that number. We simply cannot wait to see the impact these 30 new devices will have in this new locality.

This milestone has taken a village. Our heartfelt gratitude to SNAP Foundation for their technical expertise, and to BioMates for serving as such a fantastic liaisonโ€”bridging partners and efforts on the ground and helping move this project forward.

We are equally grateful to Future for Elephants, whose steadfast support and belief in this work have helped turn this vision into something tangible.

Our VFAE National Coordinator will be on the ground documenting the inauguration and installation, and we cannot wait to bring you photographs, videosโ€”and, ultimately, the outcomes.

After such a long journey, what a relief it is to finally say...

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜†. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ. ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ’š

๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ˜ ๐—ช๐—›๐—”๐—ง ๐—œ๐—™ ๐—ช๐—˜ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ง ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ข๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ง ๐— ๐—”๐—ง๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ?For centuries, we have placed ourselves at the centre of existenceโ€”as t...
08/31/2026

๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ˜ ๐—ช๐—›๐—”๐—ง ๐—œ๐—™ ๐—ช๐—˜ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ง ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ข๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ง ๐— ๐—”๐—ง๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ?

For centuries, we have placed ourselves at the centre of existenceโ€”as though the Earth and all its inhabitants were created simply for our use.

But the more we learn about the natural world, the more that illusion begins to crumble.

Elephants grieve. Animals form friendships, protect their young, communicate, remember and fear. The living world around us is not merely a collection of โ€œresourcesโ€โ€”it is a community of beings experiencing life alongside us.

Perhaps the awakening we desperately need begins with one profound shift:

๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ.
๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.
๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ โ€œ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€โ€โ€ฆ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€.

These powerful words by Congolese author ๐— ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ผ invite us to reconsider humanityโ€™s place in the web of life. ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’š

Letโ€™s widen our circle of compassion.








๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ’š ๐—ช๐—›๐—”๐—ง ๐—œ๐—™ ๐—” ๐—ฃ๐—›๐—ข๐—ง๐—ข๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—› ๐—–๐—ข๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—— ๐— ๐—”๐—ž๐—˜ ๐—จ๐—ฆ ๐—–๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ข๐—จ๐—š๐—› ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—”๐—–๐—ง?Behind every elephant photograph is a life we rarely stop long...
08/30/2026

๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ’š ๐—ช๐—›๐—”๐—ง ๐—œ๐—™ ๐—” ๐—ฃ๐—›๐—ข๐—ง๐—ข๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—› ๐—–๐—ข๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—— ๐— ๐—”๐—ž๐—˜ ๐—จ๐—ฆ ๐—–๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ข๐—จ๐—š๐—› ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—”๐—–๐—ง?

Behind every elephant photograph is a life we rarely stop long enough to seeโ€”a mother fiercely protecting her baby, a matriarch guiding her family, a gentle touch, a moment of restraint, a bond as profound as our own.

This beautiful feature by ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ goes far beyond photography. It explores the experiences, the extraordinary matriarchs, and the elephants themselves that shaped our Founder ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—œ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ'๐˜€ journeyโ€”and why, for her, the camera became far more than a tool for capturing beautiful images. ๐—œ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€.

๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ“ท ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ต. ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜€, ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐—— ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—™๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฌ:

https://thebetterindia.com/wildlife/sangita-iyer-asian-elephant-wildlife-photography-kaziranga-conservation-india-12395954

08/28/2026

๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜ ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐—ก... ๐—”๐—ก ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—›๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—— ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜๐——.

In ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฟ, ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ, a large herd of elephants is now roaming freely across the very land that Voices for Asian Elephants helped reclaim for their safe passage. To see them hereโ€”families moving together, babies among them, simply being elephantsโ€”is almost beyond words.

In 2023, VFAE, in collaboration with our grassroots partner Nature Mates Nature Club, purchased ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ that had been obstructing elephant movement, with the express purpose of returning it to the forest. And on ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿต, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ, the Kerala Government formally authorized the transfer of the land to the Kerala Forest Department for rewilding and permanent protection as wildlife habitat.

Despite the seemingly insurmountable challenges along the way, on May 9, 2024, the land was officially transferred to the Kerala Forest Departmentโ€”ensuring that those precious acres would forever serve the elephants they were meant to protect.

๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„... ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ. ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜

An entire herd moving freely across this landscape is perhaps the most beautiful confirmation of why every acre matters. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ผโ€”๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€.

None of this would have been possible without everyone who donated to our Kerala Corridor Project, believed in this vision, and stood beside us through the challenges.

๐Ÿ’š ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ!


08/26/2026

๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ’š ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐„๐‹๐„๐๐‡๐€๐๐“๐’ ๐€๐‘๐„ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐† ๐‡๐Ž๐Œ๐„. ๐ŸŒฑ

Under the scorching Odisha sun, our incredible tribal team walks ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ, carrying water on their shoulders to nurture these young saplingsโ€”one precious plant at a time.

They clear the earth around each sapling. They carefully water it.
They return again and again.

And look what their dedication has made possible. ๐ŸŒฑ Our saplings in Balasore are thriving, with some bamboo shoots now soaring ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ!

And perhaps the most beautiful sign of all? ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿพ

More than ๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐โ€”returning to the very corridors we are working so hard to restore.

To our extraordinary team on the groundโ€”and to ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐žโ€”thank you. This is what your support looks like.

๐Ÿ˜ But the work continues. Please stand with us as we keep restoring these precious elephant corridors and bringing their forests back to life:

https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/securing-rewilding-corridors-for-odisha-elephants/

๐Ÿ’š ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ค๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌโ€”๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐žโ€”๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ .



๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ’” ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐—ฌ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐— ๐—˜๐— ๐—•๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—™๐—”๐— ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐—ฌ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ง.Can you imagine being torn away from a family you deeply loveโ€”especially as a chil...
08/24/2026

๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ’” ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐—ฌ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐— ๐—˜๐— ๐—•๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—™๐—”๐— ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐—ฌ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ง.

Can you imagine being torn away from a family you deeply loveโ€”especially as a child? ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†. Elephants form profound family bonds, remember those they love, and young elephants can endure traumatic separation and harsh training that leaves lasting emotional scars.

Now imagine our own children being taken from everything familiarโ€”separated from their mothers, frightened, confused, and forced to obey. ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜?

As we reflect on these powerful words by ๐—๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜…, perhaps the greatest shift begins when we stop seeing ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น and start seeing ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—นโ€”someone who loves, remembers, fears, grieves and longs for connection, just as we do.

๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ’š ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.



08/23/2026

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜† ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† (๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด. ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐˜๐—ต), our Founder, also a National Geographic Explorer, Sangita Iyer's photographs were featured by ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ, celebrating the power of visual storytelling to deepen our connection with elephants.

๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ“ท Through her lens, fleeting moments become stories of love, family, emotion and belonging.

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ'๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ-๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ'๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€โ€”where every photograph has a story to tell. ๐Ÿ’š


๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ“ท ๐Ÿ’š

The voices for these elephants are growing louderโ€”and reaching farther than we could ever have imagined.๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ’š ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜†...
08/22/2026

The voices for these elephants are growing louderโ€”and reaching farther than we could ever have imagined.

๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ’š ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐—–๐—˜๐—ข ๐—๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ.




08/21/2026

๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ’š ๐€ ๐‡๐”๐†๐„ ๐’๐‡๐Ž๐”๐“-๐Ž๐”๐“ ๐“๐Ž ๐„๐•๐„๐‘๐˜๐Ž๐๐„ ๐–๐‡๐Ž ๐๐ˆ๐ƒ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐„๐‹๐„๐๐‡๐€๐๐“๐’!

To every single person who participated in our online auctionโ€”๐“๐‡๐€๐๐Š ๐˜๐Ž๐”! Together, you helped us raise an incredible $20,000+ through this auctionโ€”and with more support still on its way, the impact for elephants continues to grow.

Whether you bid on an African safari, a handcrafted treasure, jewelry, a shawl, a Ganesha or an elephant herd, your participation meant so much more than winning something beautiful.

Every bid helps us tackle devastating human-induced forest fires at their source through our ๐Œ๐š๐ก๐ฎ๐š ๐๐ž๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ, while protecting and restoring the corridors elephants desperately need to survive.

But protecting elephants cannot be a one-time commitment. Just as food and water are necessities we provide for ourselves throughout our lives, elephants will always need forests, water, food and safe passage. ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ.

The auction may be over, but the mission continuesโ€”and there is a place in it for every one of us.

๐Ÿ˜๐ŸŒณ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฎ๐ฌ. ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค. ๐“๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ, ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ค๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž.

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