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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!

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

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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.

An elephant crisis silently unfolds in Odisha during pandemic

July 7, 2021

India Weekly
An elephant crisis silently unfolds in Odisha during pandemic

A mammoth move

September 7, 2020

The New Indian Express
A mammoth move

Committee formed to conserve wild elephants in Kerala

November 18, 2019

The New Indian Express
Committee formed to conserve wild elephants in Kerala

If You Love Elephants, You Need to See This Film

September 2, 2019

Medium
If You Love Elephants, You Need to See This Film

Covid escalates elephant killings in eastern India to ‘crisis proportions’

July 2, 2021

Independent
Covid escalates elephant killings in eastern India to ‘crisis proportions’

Meet the Kerala Woman Fighting with All Her Might to Protect India’s Elephants from Abuse

September 7, 2020

The Better India
Meet the Kerala Woman Fighting with All Her Might to Protect India’s Elephants from Abuse

Woman who made documentary on elephants in Kerala faces cyber-bullying

November 18, 2019

The New Indian Express
Woman who made documentary on elephants in Kerala faces cyber-bullying

Instant writ-petition filed in Gauhati High Court to prevent journey of 4 elephants to Ahmedabad

June 21, 2019

Northeast Now
Instant writ-petition filed in Gauhati High Court to prevent journey of 4 elephants to Ahmedabad

The woman trying to save India's tortured temple elephants

September 7, 2020

BBC
The woman trying to save India's tortured temple elephants

Torture in captivity kills more elephants in Kerala, but perpetrators go scot-free

June 7, 2020

On Manorama
Torture in captivity kills more elephants in Kerala, but perpetrators go scot-free

Power corridor to give safe passage for wildlife

November 16, 2019

The Hindu
Power corridor to give safe passage for wildlife

No more parading of jumbos in sun

March 14, 2019

The Hindu
No more parading of jumbos in sun

Committee formed to end elephant torture

September 7, 2020

Times of India
Committee formed to end elephant torture

The one thing that keeps the Indian elephants still protected is reverence in the heart of the villagers

January 26, 2020

Times of India
The one thing that keeps the Indian elephants still protected is reverence in the heart of the villagers

Kerala mulls training programme for mahouts by world-renowned experts

November 16, 2019

The New Indian Express
Kerala mulls training programme for mahouts by world-renowned experts

Film about captive elephants to be screened in Vancouver

November 9, 2018

The Columbian
Film about captive elephants to be screened in Vancouver

An elephant crisis silently unfolds in Odisha during pandemic

July 7, 2021

India Weekly

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