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Elon Musk deleted this, but the internet never forgets.
January 17, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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Each month, our EleGuardians vote on their favorite photos. These are the photos of the month for January! If you'd like to sponsor an elephant and become an EleGuardian, you can learn more here: https://globalelephants.org/adopt-an-elephant/
January 14, 2026 at 2:49 AM
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Tune in to BBC Alba tonight at 8:30pm as we will be speaking out calling for an end to the Guga hunt.
January 12, 2026 at 8:32 AM
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🐘🐘Kammoon is the final elephant for 2025. Please watch our page for the Vigil4Elephant team’s video wrapping up our 2025 Vigil at noon MST. 🐘🐘

Words from Somboon Legacy Foundation:

“Today, we share the saddest news.

We had to say goodbye to our beloved grandma Kammoon at the age of around 85.
January 10, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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Our petition asking for fair oversight for elephants in all facilities has 11,885 total signatures! You can still add your name here: https://www.change.org/p/protect-captive-elephants-and-demand-fair-oversight
Sign the Petition
Protect Captive Elephants and Demand Fair Oversight!
www.change.org
January 9, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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Breeding of the penguins is paused but they still remain trapped!

protectthewild.substack.com/p/sea-life-f...
Sea Life finally breaks silence on underground penguins
The pressure is mounting for change!
protectthewild.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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We have an important post for you to read today that addresses misinformation against the sanctuary and introduces our petition to demand fair oversight for non-sanctuary facilities who have elephants. Please read: globalelephants.org/transparency...
January 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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Jums, the dominant male of the African elephant herd at Cabárceno Nature Park , died on December 3 as a result of injuries sustained in a fight with another member of the group, his son Jumar, in what appeared to be a dispute between the two males to achieve dominance.

Jums was born in the wild in
January 6, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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Now that we are done with 2025, here is the final graphic of all the captive elephants that passed away in 2025. We had 46 zoo/circus/tourist attraction deaths and 14 sanctuary deaths, for a total of 60 elephants. That is thankfully down from 2024.

The #Vigil4Elephants started in 2018. That year
January 5, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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Ben, a male African savanna elephant was born in South Africa in 1989. In 1990, he was sent to Sendai's Yagiyama Zoological Park in Japan from Kruger National Park in South Africa while still a very young calf.

In 2002 Ben accidentally broke both of his tusks. While still looking handsome, photos
January 4, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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These days we remember a wonderful Gentle Giant.
🖤 ​​#VOORTREKKER 𓃰
♰ June 25, 2019 died
💥as a problem hunting trophy

What e legacy...
#VOORTREKKER
Iconic Desert Adapted Elephant Bull Killed by trophy hunters in #Namibia

Read about his killing:
africageographic.com/stories/icon...
June 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Poor Pure. There is literally nothing known about her life and little of her death. She at least lived some of her life in the Khao Sok Elephant Sanctuary … but where was she before that? A logging or riding camp? Orphaned from a cull or from the murder of her mother and family by a hunter?
December 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Bani, 2-years old, celebrates Christmas at the Wildlife SOS Elephant Hospital in India after receiving treatment for a serious train injury.

Look at that hair!

https://dailypioneer.com/news/how-a-christmas-celebration-marks-an-elephant-calf-s-fight-back-from-a-train-tragedy
December 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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December 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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This is the lovely Nigel Farage. The photographer gave him a message before he went to support the Boxing Day hunt.

He’d hate it if people shared this and signed the petition for a proper ban on fox hunting - protectthewild.org.uk/our-campaign...
December 26, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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We never post a deceased elephant biography on Christmas Day.

All of the team here at #Vigil4Elephants wish everyone a peaceful holiday season, and we hope whatever holiday you celebrate you find yourself blessed, and surrounded by kindness. We also hope you can spend the holidays with friends &
December 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! ❄️❄️

Lots of love Romana and team TWS 🥳💝🎄🎁🎅

#MerryChristmas #ChristmasDay2025 #ChristmasWishes
December 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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We are so sad to hear of Malee’s death from Elephant Nature Park :

“For nearly three weeks, Malee fought bravely against an illness that would not relent. Our veterinary team did everything within their power to help her. At first, she still ate and drank, but in her final week alarming signs
December 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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management practices.

RIP dear Chin. May you be surrounded by love and comfort now, far from the miserable conditions of captivity you endured on Earth. We will remember you and tell your story in the hope that captivity will become a relic of the past, a sordid chapter in our relations with other
December 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Sign now to help end the slaughter of seabird chicks: petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
December 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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peace Ruth, we will remember you.
#RIPRuth #Vigil4Elephants #V4E
December 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Please Help by Donation or Reposting! TY!😊
December 18, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Kenya's Celebration of Life will be streamed live on Facebook and Youtube tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. EST / 4 p.m. UTC. 💚
December 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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Kenya's Celebration of Life will be this Saturday, Dec. 20th at 11 a.m. EST / 3 p.m. UTC, streamed live on YouTube and Facebook. Join us as we enjoy her memories and read some of her tributes from her memorial page: globalelephants.org/in-memory-of...
In Memory of Kenya
globalelephants.org
December 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM