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"text": "In 1970, when Wayne Hepburn's daughter, Lisa, was a child, she gave him a paperweight that had a base with a parade of elephants around it. He became interested in elephants and kept buying elephant figurines and other paraphernalia, learning more about elephants, and riding elephants. By the time Hepburn created Elephant Appreciation Day in 1996, he had thousands of elephant artifacts: figurines, books, toys, clothing items, jewelry, art, and music boxes.\nHepburn said of elephants, \"you know they're endangered…the more people know about them, the more they'll appreciate them.\" National Elephant Appreciation Day was declared and sponsored by the now-defunct WildHeart® Productions, a part of Mission Media, a digital print publisher of graphics owned by the Hepburn family. For a time, Hepburn had a webpage called Elephanteria on his WildHeart® Productions website, which had everything from silly to serious elephant information. According to Hepburn, National Elephant Appreciation Day \"has no central event. It is to be observed and enjoyed by anyone anywhere on a local level.\" Celebrations are often held at zoos. Some stores run discounts on elephant figurines on the day.\nAccording to Hepburn and WildHeart® Productions, National Elephant Day was declared to celebrate the elephant because it:\n\nis the largest land mammal of our era.\nis unique among mammals for its trunk.\nis the noblest of beasts on Earth.\nis most undeservedly threatened with extinction.\nhas been man's benefactor in numerous ways throughout history.\nis entertaining and amusing.\nis gentle and friendly.\ncontributes to ecosystem development and maintenance.\ngenerally deserves to be appreciated and upheld as an example of courage, strength, self-reliance, patience, persistence, and general high quality of being.\n\nIt has long been believed that there are two species of elephants: African elephants and Asian elephants. There are two different types of African elephants, the forest and savanna (bush), which are now viewed as being their own distinct species, bringing the number of elephant species to three. There are about 400,000 African elephants worldwide, and they are listed as being vulnerable by the IUCN Red List of threatened species. They are the world's largest land animals, weighing up to 22,000 pounds. With about 40,000 worldwide, the Asian elephant is listed as endangered. They are currently in 13 countries, and over the past half-century, their range has shrunk by 70%. One out of every three Asian elephants is captive. At the beginning of the twentieth century, there were more than 100,000 Asian elephants in Thailand, but today there are less than 4,000. They are the second largest land animal, weighing up to 10,000 pounds.\nEscalation of habitat loss, poaching, human-elephant conflict, and mistreatment in captivity are some threats elephants face. Elephant conservation organizations focus on the protection of wild elephants, strengthening enforcement policies that work to prevent illegal poaching and ivory trading, conserving elephant habitats, improving treatment for captive elephants, and reintroduction of elephants into natural, protected sanctuaries. With such threats and such promising modes for combating them—as well as the many reasons to celebrate elephants listed above—there is much to appreciate about elephants today.",
"html": "<p>In 1970, when Wayne Hepburn's daughter, Lisa, was a child, she gave him a paperweight that had a base with a parade of elephants around it. He became interested in elephants and kept buying elephant figurines and other paraphernalia, learning more about elephants, and riding elephants. By the time Hepburn created Elephant Appreciation Day in 1996, he had thousands of elephant artifacts: figurines, books, toys, clothing items, jewelry, art, and music boxes.</p>\n<p>Hepburn said of elephants, \"you know they're endangered…the more people know about them, the more they'll appreciate them.\" National Elephant Appreciation Day was declared and sponsored by the now-defunct WildHeart® Productions, a part of Mission Media, a digital print publisher of graphics owned by the Hepburn family. For a time, Hepburn had a webpage called <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20000511105407/http://www.wildheart.com/\">Elephanteria</a> on his WildHeart® Productions website, which had everything from silly to serious elephant information. According to Hepburn, National Elephant Appreciation Day \"has no central event. It is to be observed and enjoyed by anyone anywhere on a local level.\" Celebrations are often held at zoos. Some stores run discounts on elephant figurines on the day.</p>\n<p>According to Hepburn and WildHeart® Productions, National Elephant Day was declared to celebrate the elephant because it:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>is the largest land mammal of our era.</li>\n<li>is unique among mammals for its trunk.</li>\n<li>is the noblest of beasts on Earth.</li>\n<li>is most undeservedly threatened with extinction.</li>\n<li>has been man's benefactor in numerous ways throughout history.</li>\n<li>is entertaining and amusing.</li>\n<li>is gentle and friendly.</li>\n<li>contributes to ecosystem development and maintenance.</li>\n<li>generally deserves to be appreciated and upheld as an example of courage, strength, self-reliance, patience, persistence, and general high quality of being.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>It has long been believed that there are two species of elephants: African elephants and Asian elephants. There are two different types of African elephants, the forest and savanna (bush), which are now viewed as being their own distinct species, bringing the number of elephant species to three. There are about 400,000 African elephants worldwide, and they are listed as being vulnerable by the IUCN Red List of threatened species. They are the world's largest land animals, weighing up to 22,000 pounds. With about 40,000 worldwide, the Asian elephant is listed as endangered. They are currently in 13 countries, and over the past half-century, their range has shrunk by 70%. One out of every three Asian elephants is captive. At the beginning of the twentieth century, there were more than 100,000 Asian elephants in Thailand, but today there are less than 4,000. They are the second largest land animal, weighing up to 10,000 pounds.</p>\n<p>Escalation of habitat loss, poaching, human-elephant conflict, and mistreatment in captivity are some threats elephants face. Elephant conservation organizations focus on the protection of wild elephants, strengthening enforcement policies that work to prevent illegal poaching and ivory trading, conserving elephant habitats, improving treatment for captive elephants, and reintroduction of elephants into natural, protected sanctuaries. With such threats and such promising modes for combating them—as well as the many reasons to celebrate elephants listed above—there is much to appreciate about elephants today.</p>",
"markdown": "In 1970, when Wayne Hepburn's daughter, Lisa, was a child, she gave him a paperweight that had a base with a parade of elephants around it. He became interested in elephants and kept buying elephant figurines and other paraphernalia, learning more about elephants, and riding elephants. By the time Hepburn created Elephant Appreciation Day in 1996, he had thousands of elephant artifacts: figurines, books, toys, clothing items, jewelry, art, and music boxes.\r\n\r\nHepburn said of elephants, \"you know they're endangered…the more people know about them, the more they'll appreciate them.\" National Elephant Appreciation Day was declared and sponsored by the now-defunct WildHeart® Productions, a part of Mission Media, a digital print publisher of graphics owned by the Hepburn family. For a time, Hepburn had a webpage called [Elephanteria](https://web.archive.org/web/20000511105407/http://www.wildheart.com/) on his WildHeart® Productions website, which had everything from silly to serious elephant information. According to Hepburn, National Elephant Appreciation Day \"has no central event. It is to be observed and enjoyed by anyone anywhere on a local level.\" Celebrations are often held at zoos. Some stores run discounts on elephant figurines on the day.\r\n\r\nAccording to Hepburn and WildHeart® Productions, National Elephant Day was declared to celebrate the elephant because it:\r\n\r\n* is the largest land mammal of our era.\r\n* is unique among mammals for its trunk.\r\n* is the noblest of beasts on Earth.\r\n* is most undeservedly threatened with extinction.\r\n* has been man's benefactor in numerous ways throughout history.\r\n* is entertaining and amusing.\r\n* is gentle and friendly.\r\n* contributes to ecosystem development and maintenance.\r\n* generally deserves to be appreciated and upheld as an example of courage, strength, self-reliance, patience, persistence, and general high quality of being.\r\n\r\nIt has long been believed that there are two species of elephants: African elephants and Asian elephants. There are two different types of African elephants, the forest and savanna (bush), which are now viewed as being their own distinct species, bringing the number of elephant species to three. There are about 400,000 African elephants worldwide, and they are listed as being vulnerable by the IUCN Red List of threatened species. They are the world's largest land animals, weighing up to 22,000 pounds. With about 40,000 worldwide, the Asian elephant is listed as endangered. They are currently in 13 countries, and over the past half-century, their range has shrunk by 70%. One out of every three Asian elephants is captive. At the beginning of the twentieth century, there were more than 100,000 Asian elephants in Thailand, but today there are less than 4,000. They are the second largest land animal, weighing up to 10,000 pounds.\r\n\r\nEscalation of habitat loss, poaching, human-elephant conflict, and mistreatment in captivity are some threats elephants face. Elephant conservation organizations focus on the protection of wild elephants, strengthening enforcement policies that work to prevent illegal poaching and ivory trading, conserving elephant habitats, improving treatment for captive elephants, and reintroduction of elephants into natural, protected sanctuaries. With such threats and such promising modes for combating them—as well as the many reasons to celebrate elephants listed above—there is much to appreciate about elephants today."
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"text": "There are numerous ways to appreciate and celebrate elephants today:\n\nBuy an elephant figurine and display it proudly! Some stores run discounts on them today, so keep an eye out.\nTake part in a celebration at a zoo.\nWatch Return to the Forest, When Elephants Were Young, or another documentary that focuses on elephants.\nRead a book that focuses on elephants.\nRefuse to buy ivory or other animal products, coffee that isn't fair-trade or shade-grown, or products with palm oil. (Such coffee and palm oil are often grown in plantations that first destroyed elephant habitats.)\nVisit or plan a trip to visit elephants in countries where they live in the wild.\nLearn about and support organizations that are helping elephants.\nWayne Hepburn, the founder of National Elephant Appreciation Day, has offered some suggestions on how to participate:\n\nMake an \"elephant\" for breakfast.\nMake some \"elephoot\" cookies.\nLearn the Elephant Day Dances.\nBake an Elephant Day cake.\nRead, recite, and learn \"The Elephant Poem\", written by Hepburn.\nUtilize some Elephant Day flags, posters, or badges.\nMake an elephant mask.\nPrepare some \"elephruit\" salad.\nMake a \"Jackelophantern.\"\n\n\n",
"html": "<p>There are numerous ways to appreciate and celebrate elephants today:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy an elephant figurine and display it proudly! Some stores run discounts on them today, so keep an eye out.</li>\n<li>Take part in a celebration at a zoo.</li>\n<li>Watch <a href=\"https://thegreenchannel.tv/film/return-to-the-forest/\"><em>Return to the Forest</em></a>, <a href=\"https://www.whenelephantswereyoung.com/movie/#watchmovie\"><em>When Elephants Were Young</em></a>, or another documentary that focuses on elephants.</li>\n<li>Read a <a href=\"https://globalelephants.org/elephant-books/\">book that focuses on elephants</a>.</li>\n<li>Refuse to buy ivory or other animal products, coffee that isn't fair-trade or shade-grown, or products with palm oil. (Such coffee and palm oil are often grown in plantations that first destroyed elephant habitats.)</li>\n<li>Visit or plan a trip to visit elephants in countries where they live in the wild.</li>\n<li>Learn about and support <a href=\"https://impactful.ninja/best-charities-for-helping-elephants/\">organizations that are helping elephants</a>.</li>\n<li>Wayne Hepburn, the founder of National Elephant Appreciation Day, has offered some suggestions on how to participate:\n<ul>\n<li>Make an <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20141011040345/http://www.himandus.net/elefunteria/eday/breakfast/breakfast_eleph.html\">\"elephant\" for breakfast</a>.</li>\n<li>Make some <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20141011040356/http://www.himandus.net/elefunteria/eday/cookies/eday_cookies.html\">\"elephoot\" cookies</a>.</li>\n<li>Learn the <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20141011040556/http://www.himandus.net/elefunteria/eday/dance/edance.html\">Elephant Day Dances</a>.</li>\n<li>Bake an <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20141011040551/http://www.himandus.net/elefunteria/eday/cake/eday_cake.html\">Elephant Day cake</a>.</li>\n<li>Read, recite, and learn <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20141011040612/http://www.himandus.net/elefunteria/eday/poem/elephant_poem.html\">\"The Elephant Poem\"</a>, written by Hepburn.</li>\n<li>Utilize some Elephant Day <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20141011040417/http://www.himandus.net/elefunteria/eday/flags/eday_flags.html\">flags, posters</a>, or <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20141011040545/http://www.himandus.net/elefunteria/eday/badges/eday_badges.html\">badges</a>.</li>\n<li>Make an <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20141011040607/http://www.himandus.net/elefunteria/eday/mask/elephant_mask.html\">elephant mask</a>.</li>\n<li>Prepare some <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20141011040412/http://www.himandus.net/elefunteria/eday/elephruitsalad/elephruitsalad.html\">\"elephruit\" salad</a>.</li>\n<li>Make a <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20141011040602/http://www.himandus.net/elefunteria/eday/jackelophantern/jackelophantern.html\">\"Jackelophantern.\"</a></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>",
"markdown": "There are numerous ways to appreciate and celebrate elephants today:\r\n\r\n* Buy an elephant figurine and display it proudly! Some stores run discounts on them today, so keep an eye out.\r\n* Take part in a celebration at a zoo.\r\n* Watch [*Return to the Forest*](https://thegreenchannel.tv/film/return-to-the-forest/), [*When Elephants Were Young*](https://www.whenelephantswereyoung.com/movie/#watchmovie), or another documentary that focuses on elephants.\r\n* Read a [book that focuses on elephants](https://globalelephants.org/elephant-books/).\r\n* Refuse to buy ivory or other animal products, coffee that isn't fair-trade or shade-grown, or products with palm oil. (Such coffee and palm oil are often grown in plantations that first destroyed elephant habitats.)\r\n* Visit or plan a trip to visit elephants in countries where they live in the wild.\r\n* Learn about and support [organizations that are helping elephants](https://impactful.ninja/best-charities-for-helping-elephants/).\r\n* Wayne Hepburn, the founder of National Elephant Appreciation Day, has offered some suggestions on how to participate:\r\n * Make an [\"elephant\" for breakfast](https://web.archive.org/web/20141011040345/http://www.himandus.net/elefunteria/eday/breakfast/breakfast_eleph.html).\r\n * Make some [\"elephoot\" cookies](https://web.archive.org/web/20141011040356/http://www.himandus.net/elefunteria/eday/cookies/eday_cookies.html).\r\n * Learn the [Elephant Day Dances](https://web.archive.org/web/20141011040556/http://www.himandus.net/elefunteria/eday/dance/edance.html).\r\n * Bake an [Elephant Day cake](https://web.archive.org/web/20141011040551/http://www.himandus.net/elefunteria/eday/cake/eday_cake.html).\r\n * Read, recite, and learn [\"The Elephant Poem\"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141011040612/http://www.himandus.net/elefunteria/eday/poem/elephant_poem.html), written by Hepburn.\r\n * Utilize some Elephant Day [flags, posters](https://web.archive.org/web/20141011040417/http://www.himandus.net/elefunteria/eday/flags/eday_flags.html), or [badges](https://web.archive.org/web/20141011040545/http://www.himandus.net/elefunteria/eday/badges/eday_badges.html).\r\n * Make an [elephant mask](https://web.archive.org/web/20141011040607/http://www.himandus.net/elefunteria/eday/mask/elephant_mask.html).\r\n * Prepare some [\"elephruit\" salad](https://web.archive.org/web/20141011040412/http://www.himandus.net/elefunteria/eday/elephruitsalad/elephruitsalad.html).\r\n * Make a [\"Jackelophantern.\"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141011040602/http://www.himandus.net/elefunteria/eday/jackelophantern/jackelophantern.html)"
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