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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.

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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.

Robotic elephants replace captive jumbos in Alappuzha temples

March 20, 2026

Robotic elephants replace captive jumbos in Alappuzha temples

Robotic Elephants Take Over Festivities at 2 Alappuzha temples

February 20, 2026

Robotic Elephants Take Over Festivities at 2 Alappuzha temples

Kerala: Robotic elephants unveiled at two temples as alternative to live tuskers

February 20, 2026

Kerala: Robotic elephants unveiled at two temples as alternative to live tuskers

First-ever in Alappuzha: Voices for Asian Elephants launches robotic elephants

February 20, 2026

First-ever in Alappuzha: Voices for Asian Elephants launches robotic elephants

Kerala: Robotic elephants unveiled at two temples as alternative to live tuskers

March 20, 2026

Kerala: Robotic elephants unveiled at two temples as alternative to live tuskers

Kerala: Robotic elephants unveiled at two temples as alternative to live tuskers

February 20, 2026

Kerala: Robotic elephants unveiled at two temples as alternative to live tuskers

Voices for Asian Elephants launches Robotic Elephants in two Temples

February 20, 2026

Voices for Asian Elephants launches Robotic Elephants in two Temples

First-Ever In Alappuzha: Voices For Asian Elephants

February 20, 2026

First-Ever In Alappuzha: Voices For Asian Elephants

Kerala: Robotic elephants unveiled at two temples as alternative to live tuskers

March 20, 2026

Kerala: Robotic elephants unveiled at two temples as alternative to live tuskers

Alappuzha temples replace live elephants with robotic elephants

February 20, 2026

Alappuzha temples replace live elephants with robotic elephants

Robotic elephants to replace captive ones at Cherthala temples

February 20, 2026

Robotic elephants to replace captive ones at Cherthala temples

Tradition meets technology as temples in Alappuzha adopt robotic elephants

February 20, 2026

Tradition meets technology as temples in Alappuzha adopt robotic elephants

Robotic Elephants Transform Religious Celebrations in Kerala

February 20, 2026

Robotic Elephants Transform Religious Celebrations in Kerala

FIRST-EVER IN ALAPPUZHA

February 20, 2026

FIRST-EVER IN ALAPPUZHA

Robotic elephants replace live captives in two temples in Alappuzha

February 20, 2026

Robotic elephants replace live captives in two temples in Alappuzha

Voices for Asian Elephants Launches Robotic Elephants in Two Temples

February 20, 2026

Voices for Asian Elephants Launches Robotic Elephants in Two Temples

Robotic elephants replace captive jumbos in Alappuzha temples

March 20, 2026

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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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