• https://www.reuters.com/world/us/how-did-hawaii-wildfires-start-what-know-about-maui-big-island-blazes-2023-08-11/

• https://mauiinvasive.org/2023/01/31/invasive-species-can-cause-native-ecosystems-to-go-up-in-smoke/
• https://www.cbsnews.com/video/unpacking-the-ecological-impact-of-the-maui-wildfires/
• https://www.drylandforest.org/

• https://www.amaolukaifoundation.org/https://www.recenters.org/https://www.wildhawaii.org/donate/
• https://www.thedodo.com/daily-dodo/people-on-maui-come-together-to-help-animals-affected-by-fireshttps://www.khon2.com/hawaii-fires/the-pets-wildlife-that-are-lost-injured-in-mauis-fire/

Today, August 12th, we’re celebrating World Elephant Day. World Elephant Days established to raise awareness and support the conservation of all species of elephants on August 12, 2012 by Patricia Sims and the Elephant Reintroduction Foundation of Thailand, an initiative of HM Queen Sirikit of Thailand.Sources

• https://worldelephantday.org/about/our-story

• https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/elephant#:~:text=Led%20by%20a%20matriarch%2C%20elephants,the%20longest%20of%20any%20mammal

• https://www.wwf.org.uk/learn/fascinating-facts/elephants

• https://www.science.org/content/article/mass-killings-can-haunt-elephants-decades

• https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/two-years-after-china-bans-elephant-ivory-trade-demand-for-elephant-ivory-is-down

• https://www.elephantvoices.org

Organizations to Support

• Elephant Voices www.elephantvoices.org

• Save the Elephants https://www.savetheelephants.org

• Sheldrick Wildlife Trust https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org

• International Elephant Foundation https://elephantconservation.org

• Elephants Without Boarders https://elephantswithoutborders.org

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