Hi John,

The bond between a mother elephant and her calf is one of the closest of any mammal. Calves rely completely on their mothers as they learn to survive in the wild.

This is so tragic: poaching for the illegal elephant ivory trade leaves many young elephants orphaned and facing an uncertain future. A staggering number of elephants are killed each year for their tusks. Poaching—and habitat loss and fragmentation resulting in increased human-wildlife conflict—threaten the survival of so many species, including tigers and black rhinos.

World Elephant Day—today!—is the ideal moment to come together and create a safer world for vulnerable wildlife everywhere.

Act now to help keep precious wildlife like elephants in our world. When you start your monthly donation, you'll protect threatened species and their habitats from many threats—and you'll help us reach our goal of 180 World Elephant Day donors.

Don't wait! Your ongoing support will make a huge difference for wildlife and wild places around the world, every day. You'll feel wonderful about going above and beyond for nature!

Not only will you help stop elephant poaching and foster sustainable coexistence between elephants and people... you'll also help to protect and restore fragile ecosystems, tackle the climate crisis, save endangered wildlife, and find practical and beneficial ways for both people and nature to thrive.

For World Elephant Day, will you help us reach our goal and make our critical conservation work possible by symbolically adopting an elephant and becoming a monthly member?

Thank you for being a hero for nature,

P.S. Please take two minutes to give what you can today on World Elephant Day. Your generous support will help protect vulnerable wildlife and nature around the world—and you'll help us reach our goal of 180 donors! Thank you for caring about our planet.

Photo: Two baby African elephants with trunks entwined © naturepl.com/Anup Shah/WWF