Explanation:

12th August is observed as World Elephant Day to draw focus towards protection and conservation of elephants across the world amid mistreatment in captivity, human-elephant conflict, poaching, and habitat loss. World Elephant Day aims to accelerate efforts to offer better protection to elephants, prevent the trade of ivory, improving enforcement policies, conserve elephant habitat, illegal poaching, better captive environments for elephants, and reintroduce the captive elephants back in their natural sanctuaries.