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Media Coverage

Watch Sangita Iyer Ring the Nasdaq Closing Bell

Click the thumbnail to view this event in honor of World Elephant Day 2024 as Sangita Iyer, Founding Executive Director for VFAE, rings the Nasdaq Closing Bell and raises her voice for the elephants!

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We are witnessing the ravages of climate change around the world, and elephants are natural climate mitigators that need to be saved from extinction.

Nasdaq Closing Bell

Good Morning America - GMA3 segment

World Elephant Day 2022 was a great opportunity to amplify the exploitation of "festival elephants" on the world's most watched morning shows - ABC Network's Good Morning America.

i24 News

Captivity Kills! That's the dire message by Sangita Iyer, as she discusses the plight of festival elephants on one of the popular TV cables - i24 News.

CTV Canada's #1 Network

World Elephant Day 2022 was a great opportunity to amplify the exploitation of "festival elephants" on the world's most watched morning shows - ABC Network's Good Morning America.

Watch Sangita with OP Talks on Saving Asian Elephants | Gods in Shackles, Robotic Elephants

A journey of compassion, courage, and resistance — revealing the truth behind captivity and the hope of humane, culture-friendly alternatives.

The Statesman

July 9, 2023

Members of UK Parliament urge PM Modi to protect endangered Asian elephants

The Hindu

July 8, 2023

British lawmakers rally for the cause of elephants in India

MetroVaartha

June 18, 2023

Arikomban triggers land gift to forest dept

On Manorama

June 15, 2023

Inspired by Arikomban’s plight, conservation outfits gift 4 acres to Nilambur’s jumbos

National Geographic

April 25, 2023

The dark reality behind India’s festival elephants

SxSW

March 11, 2023

Sangita Iyer's SXSW Talk on Elephants & Climate Change

The South Asian Times

July 8, 2023

Kerala-born biologist speaks up for Indian elephants in UK Parliament (page 13)

Social News XYZ

June 26, 2023

Indo-Canadian biologist takes up cudgels for Indian elephants in UK Parliament

Pelikken

June 17, 2023

VFAES and Nature Mates Nature Club Seal the Deal to Rewild 4 acres of Plantation Land in Nilambur for Elephants & Wildlife

Mathrubhumi

May 27, 2023

Kerala HC appoints court commissioner for inspecting Punnathur Anakkotta

Orissa Post

April 9, 2023

"Saving Jumbos is Saving Our Own Species"

Orissa Post

July 8, 2023

Curb jumbo deaths in Odisha: UK MPs to Indian Prime Minister

The New Indian Express

June 24, 2023

'When you harm elephants, the Gods will be displeased'

EasternEye

June 15, 2023

Renowned elephant conservationist to speak at UK parliament on Asian elephant crisis

The New Indian Express

April 30, 2023

From Elephant Whisperers to Elephant Annihilators?

The New Indian Express

March 22, 2023

Gods in Shackles: The tragic lives of India's 2,600 captive elephants

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VFAE is a registered 501(c)(3) organization, with a mission is to protecting the endangered Asian elephants and their habitats in India, while ensuring that our projects employ the native people living near the forest fringes, and provide them with basic needs, so they will be inspired to conserve the natural world and coexist peacefully with these magnificent animals.

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