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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 Hindu

March 14, 2019

No more parading of jumbos in sun

The News Minute

June 23, 2018

18 deaths in 6 months: How can Kerala save its elephants?

Times of India

March 4, 2018

Why are too many of our elephants dying too soon?

PTI

July 17, 2016

Elephants captivated for commerce, not culture: Docu dir

Scroll.in

July 16, 2016

Documentary ‘Gods in Shackles’ on temple elephants is an eye-opener

Entertainment Times

July 12, 2016

Gods in Shackles screened

The Columbian

November 9, 2018

Film about captive elephants to be screened in Vancouver

The Hindu

March 17, 2018

Majestic, but alas!

Deccan Herald

July 22, 2016

Award-winning documentary on temple elephants to be screened tomorrow

Let Us Publish

July 17, 2016

Must watch – Gods in Shackles Documentary

Indian Express

July 16, 2016

Faith in Fetters: Gods in Shackles highlights the plight of temple elephants

Lady Freethinker

October 19, 2018

International Conference Shines Light On Captive Wildlife Throughout The World

Times of India

March 13, 2018

Have we failed Thiruvambadi Sivasunder collectively?

The Hindu

July 21, 2016

Highlighting the plight of Kerala’s captive elephants

Business Standard

July 17, 2016

We must have elephant rescue centres: Maneka Gandhi

Deccan Herald

July 14, 2016

Tortured in temples

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ABOUT US

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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