Elephants are the largest animals on land and have few rivals to rival them.

They are vegetarians and pose no threat to other animals.

Their large bodies, although they can be harmful to the vegetation everywhere they go and around their habitat, it just also promotes faster succession among plants.

The elephant trails they tread through the dense forest give many animals a path to follow, promoting effective dispersal.

Their fecal residues are not only a delicacy for some insects such as shitcrackers, but also attract insectivorous birds.

The plant seeds in the feces are thus spread.

In the dry season of the African savannah, elephants are able to find water with a strong memory, and many animals are following the herd to avoid the fate of dying of thirst.

Elephants even act as the protector of water. Elephants have become rare and important members of the terrestrial ecosystem.

Therefore, protecting elephants is not only protecting this race but also protecting a huge ecosystem.

In the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the Asian and grassland elephants are endangered and the forest elephant is critically endangered.

The main factors threatening the grassland and forest elephants are poaching and habitat loss.

The forest elephant population has seen the fastest decline in the last two to three decades.

The population has declined by more than 80% since 1984, and more than 70% of the population is active in unprotected areas.

Moreover, the forest elephant has a long reproductive cycle and the population recovery ability is much lower than that of the grassland elephant, so it is assessed as critically endangered.

Elephants are being mass-murdered for their ivory. It is estimated that one hundred elephants are hunted every day in Asia and Africa.

People cut off the most valuable parts of their bodies, especially ivory. This is despite an international ban on the ivory trade.

However, this ban has increased the price of ivory, and people are trying to hunt elephants more and more.

Until 2013, more than 20,000 elephants had been hunted for their precious tusks.

World Elephant Day was established on August 12, 2012, to call attention to the urgent plight of African and Asian elephants.

The survival of elephants is seriously threatened by dramatic changes in their habitat due to climate change and rampant poaching for ivory.

But elephant conservation, whether in Asia or Africa, is extremely complex work, far more complex than scientific research.

It must be based on scientific research work and be a long-term, ongoing project.

If it is only a short-term, utilitarian project, it will have almost no effect on elephant conservation.

Elephant conservation is mostly led by NGOs, and most conservation organizations have close ties with scientific institutions.

In addition, conservation organizations are almost always trying to improve the lives of local people while protecting elephants.

People who are passionate about elephants know that the best animal conservationists are the local people who live on the same land as the animals.

As long as a certain percentage of the local community is willing to participate in conservation, a solid protective barrier can be formed.

After all, no community decision is made to serve a few people. That's why we need to protect elephants, starting with you and us.