Pack Your Trunks: 18 astonishingly beautiful elephant photos

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Pack Your Trunks: 18 astonishingly beautiful elephant photos

By Greg du Toit, Beverly Joubert, Art Wolfe, Piper Mackay, Gurcharan Roopra, Shannon Wild, David Lloyd and more...

“Elephants are ‘ecosystem engineers’. They strip bark off trees, pull other trees down, and plant more trees through their dung, slowly turning woodland into savannah. Elephants can deposit upwards of 150 kg of dung daily.”

Find out more in our article Everything You Need To Know About African Elephants

Elephants are endlessly fascinating creatures: intelligent, powerful, caring… They’re one of the world’s most loved animals.

But they also face serious threats to their existence in parts of Africa and Asia from problems such as poaching for their tusks to sell in the illegal wildlife trade, habitat loss and human-wildlife conflict.

The world is full of remarkable and beautiful animals, each too valuable to lose, from elephants to tiny termites.

It’s not too late to help them all. Change is possible.

“I’m excited about the New Big 5 project. It says something positive about our world that people are now more interested in photographing wildlife than killing it. Of course, we have a long way to go in wildlife conservation. I support this project in the hope it can bring more attention to the many threats that animals face.”

Tim Laman – photographer

Photos by:

Ami Vitale: www.amivitale.com

Graeme Green: www.graeme-green.com

Thomas D Mangelsen: mangelsen.com

Gurcharan Roopra: gurcharanroopra.com

Greg du Toit: www.gregdutoit.com

Will Burrard-Lucas: www.burrard-lucas.com

Beverly Joubert: beverlyjoubert.com

Marina Cano: www.marinacano.com

David Lloyd: davidlloyd.net

Tim Laman: www.timlamanfineart.com

Carole Deschuymere: caroledeschuymere.com

Piper Mackay: www.pipermackayphotography.com

Rathika Ramasamy: www.rathikaramasamy.com

Art Wolfe: artwolfe.com

Sandesh Kadur: www.sandeshkadur.com

Marco Giaotti: www.facebook.com/MarcoGaiottiPhotography/

Shannon Wild: shannonwild.photoshelter.com

NOTE: The best way to solve the crises facing the planet and its wildlife is by having open, honest, respectful conversations and hearing diverse voices from around the world. The New Big 5 project does not necessarily support or agree with every opinion or idea expressed by photographers, conservationists or organisations featured on the New Big 5 website. The many different wildlife charities, photographers, film-makers and conservationists we’ve collaborated with also do not necessarily support or agree with every idea or opinion expressed by other people or organisations on the website. It’s ok to disagree and debate. But we hope the opinions and ideas can inspire people, make people think, and be part of the conversation to help our planet and the animals that live on it.