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About ElephanaticsBC
ElephanaticsBC (@elephanaticsbc) is a Comunidad creator on Instagram, also filed under Non-Profits & Religious Organizations. The account has 10,343 followers and 1,421 published posts. Recent posts average 26 likes and 3 comments, an engagement rate of 0.25%.
With 10.3K followers, ElephanaticsBC is a micro creator by the common 10,000 to 100,000 definition. ElephanaticsBC follows 862 accounts, so the audience is roughly 12 times the size of the list followed. ElephanaticsBC is set up as an Instagram business account. Flinque files ElephanaticsBC under Comunidad, with Non-Profits & Religious Organizations as a secondary category.
The Instagram bio for ElephanaticsBC runs to 16 words across 3 lines. Emoji sit alongside the words. The latest activity Flinque has on record for ElephanaticsBC dates from November 2023.
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1,421 Posts
All 10 recent posts Flinque holds for ElephanaticsBC are single images. ElephanaticsBC has built a substantial archive of 1,421 posts. Against the audience, that is roughly 7.3 followers for each post published. ElephanaticsBC also keeps 5 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 151 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include elephants, elephant, elephanatics, support and ivory. The captions tag #cites, #elephantconservation, #wildlifeprotection, #sustainability and #yearinreview.
As 2025 closes, we’re reflecting on a year of milestones for elephant conservation. Your support has fueled our mission every step of the way!
🏆 Honoring Excellence
Huge congratulations to our Directors! Dr. Jake Wall received the Esmond B. Martin Royal Geographic Society Prize, and Dr. René Beyers led the IUCN Rewilding Guidelines at the World Conservation Congress.
⚖️ CITES-CoP20 Outcomes
The international ban on ivory remains—a major win! However, new risks emerged regarding the trade of elephant skins/hair and loosened rules for live exports. We urgently need a UNTOC Protocol to treat wildlife crime as the serious international organized crime it is.
🎓 Empowering the Next Generation
We launched new lesson plans (link in bio!) and continued the Fran Duthie Scholarship with. We’re proud to help local students secure careers in conservation and environmental science.
🌲 Frontline Success Together, we surpassed our World Elephant Day goal, protecting vital acres of the Loita Forest in Kenya—a critical sanctuary and migratory corridor for elephants facing habitat loss.
🕯️ In Remembrance We honor the legends lost this year: Dr. Jane Goodall and Dr. Iain Douglas-Hamilton. Their legacy lives on in every field and forest we work to protect.
Thank you for being our partner in this fight. Wishing you a hopeful and happy New Year! 🎆
— The Elephanatics Team
... #ElephantConservation #WildlifeProtection #CITES #Sustainability #YearInReview
"Winter’s chill has cast its spell on festive nights we know so well,
as shadows of our past reflect the days of old we can’t forget.
Where elephants roam we stand to shield the ancient grace their spirits yield,
we vow to guard their grand design, and end the harm from all mankind.
While moonlight shares its hypnotic glow between the trees that whisper joy,
rejoice, reclaim, and start anew— the season’s magic is here for you!"
We thank you for your continued support and wish you all the very best for the season and new year ahead.
The Elephanatics Team
#grateful #rain #holidayspirit🎄
Enjoy the festive season no matter the weather! 🥰
#DYK elephants point with their trunk?
The answer is: Yes, elephants use their trunks in ways that are functionally equivalent to human pointing, but they use the end of the trunk (the fingers or tip) for much more nuanced communication.
Here is how they use their trunk to direct attention and communicate:
1. The Functional "Point" (Directional)
When an elephant is trying to assess or draw attention to something in the distance, it will often raise its trunk high and point the tip in a specific direction.
Sensing and Locating: The trunk is primarily used for smelling the air and locating distant resources, threats, or members of the herd. When raised, the trunk is effectively a highly directional sensory organ.
Signaling Intent: By aiming the trunk toward a distant landmark (like a hidden water source or a path), the matriarch is communicating the direction of travel or the location of interest to the rest of the herd. This serves the same purpose as a human pointing finger.
2. The Nuanced "Gesture" (Tactile and Social)
Elephants also use their trunk in a variety of non-pointing gestures for close-range communication that can be considered directive:
Reassurance and Calming: A matriarch may place her trunk tip on a calf's back or gently touch another elephant's face to offer comfort or signal that it is time to move.
Exploration: Young elephants will often use their trunks to touch or "point" at objects they are curious about, signaling their interest to their mother.
* Warning: A short, sharp raise or snap of the trunk is a common threat display, directing attention to the perceived danger.
While we were relieved to report that Proposal 13—which sought approval for a commercial sale of Namibian raw ivory stockpiles—was REJECTED by a significant majority, we are disappointed and alarmed by the adoption of Proposal 14.
This outcome is alarming and validates the serious concerns detailed in our letter to the CITES Management Authority, specifically for the following reasons:
* Undermines the Ivory Ban: The proposal seeks to reduce trade restrictions and facilitate commercial trade in certain elephant parts and products, such as elephant leather, and live individuals. This creates loopholes that directly undermine the global ban on ivory and other products, providing cover for illegal trafficking and risking the reversal of decades of progress.
* Fuels Illegal Poaching: As we detailed in our letter to the CITES Management Authority, any decision that opens the door to potential commercial activity sends the wrong signal to poaching syndicates. Legal sales have historically been shown to stimulate market demand and provide opportunities for laundering illegal ivory and other parts.
* Risks Incentivizing Harm: By monetizing elephant products like leather and easing the restrictions on live animal trade, this decision risks incentivizing dangerous population control measures, including lethal culling, and could facilitate the export of live wild elephants to facilities with poor welfare standards.
* Ignores Extinction Pressures: This action prioritizes short-term political maneuvering over the long-term survival of this vital keystone species. The global population remains critically low at only 415,000 elephants, with poaching continuing to claim an estimated 20,000 elephants annually. This is not the time to introduce loopholes or ambiguity into the legal framework.
The serious concerns raised by conservation organizations—including those specifically noting the enforceability of any eventual trade and the risks of illegal activity—were overlooked in this decision.
#CoP20 #CITES #conservation #illegalwildlifetrade #legalwildlifetrade
Wishing you all the very best for the festive season and new year to come.
Thank you for your continued support and love for elephants! Together we are making a difference! 🐘🌲
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Elephants are massive, with 100x more cells than humans, yet they almost never get cancer—a puzzle known as Peto's Paradox.
The secret lies in the tiny, powerful tumor-suppressor gene, p53.
🧬 The TP53 Copy Count
Humans: We have one TP53 gene location (two inherited versions).
African Elephants: They have a staggering 20 copies of the TP53 gene.
The Elephant's Failsafe
This genetic redundancy makes elephant cells radically vigilant. When DNA is damaged, the cells don't risk mutation; they activate apoptosis (cell suicide) much faster than human cells, eliminating potential cancers immediately.
This colossal defense system is Nature's genius at work! Scientists are studying these extra genes for new cancer treatment clues. Just another reason why #elephants are SO important!
Happy Elephact Friday!
#ElephantFriday #PetoParadox #CancerResearch #Genetics
a tusk there
flora and fauna
an enigmatic pair. 🐘🌳
It may be grey today
with no end in sight,
But, the promise is there
Don’t give up the fight. 🐘❤️
After 8 long years of advocating for a domestic ban on elephant ivory and rhino horn in Canada, regulations have been enacted by the Canadian Government to ban the elephant ivory and rhino horn trade, along with the import of hunting trophies containing these parts. We couldn’t be happier to deliver this news to all our followers and supporters who have been our backbone and inspiration to carry on and get this job done! It took a lot of courage, but - We did it!
Firstly - A HUGE shout out to us – ‘Team Elephanatics’ - who created the #IvoryFreeCanada campaign and were joined by Humane Society International Canada, Rhino and Elephant Defenders, World Elephant Day and the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada, to form the Ivory Free Canada coalition. Together, we have been relentless in our mission to get this ban passed!
And secondly, an even bigger thanks to all the scientists, NGOs, politicians, the Ivory Free Canada coalition, volunteers, friends, family, educators, journalists, and people who worked tirelessly to make this happen. From the petition, started by the Ivory Free Canada coalition, that reached over 700,000 signatures that showed overwhelming support by citizens to save elephants and rhinos; to endless advocacy; to the collaboration of like minds working together to save a species, the end result has been a success. It took a village and a community dedicated to the cause of making the world a better place for elephants to get this done and we should all be stupendously proud of our efforts!
Who would have ever guessed that a small group of committed and disciplined people, who advocated for the betterment of elephants, could evoke such integrity and inspiration from like-minded partners, and see their dream come to fruition. We are humbled and grateful.
With deepest respect, thanks, and love, to everyone who was part of this enormous endeavour.
Fran Duthie
President Elephanatics
“With courage, you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.”
Mark Twain
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ElephanaticsBC's engagement rate on Instagram is 0.25%, under 1%, fewer than 1 like or comment per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 400 followers. Comments stay close to likes on ElephanaticsBC's posts, at 26 likes and 3 comments on average, about 8.7 likes per comment.
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Who is ElephanaticsBC?
ElephanaticsBC (@elephanaticsbc) is a Comunidad creator on Instagram, also filed under Non-Profits & Religious Organizations. ElephanaticsBC is set up as an Instagram business account. The Instagram bio for ElephanaticsBC runs to 16 words across 3 lines.
How many followers does ElephanaticsBC have?
ElephanaticsBC has 10,343 followers on Instagram (10.3K). ElephanaticsBC follows 862 accounts, so the audience is roughly 12 times the size of the list followed. ElephanaticsBC has built a substantial archive of 1,421 posts.
What is ElephanaticsBC's engagement rate?
ElephanaticsBC's engagement rate on Instagram is 0.25%, under 1%, fewer than 1 like or comment per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 400 followers. Comments stay close to likes on ElephanaticsBC's posts, at 26 likes and 3 comments on average, about 8.7 likes per comment.
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Flinque files ElephanaticsBC under Comunidad, with Non-Profits & Religious Organizations as a secondary category. All 10 recent posts Flinque holds for ElephanaticsBC are single images. The 10 recent Instagram captions Flinque holds for ElephanaticsBC repeatedly use the words elephants, elephant, elephanatics, support and ivory. ElephanaticsBC's captions carry hashtags such as #cites, #elephantconservation and #wildlifeprotection. ElephanaticsBC writes those captions mainly in English. ElephanaticsBC keeps 5 story highlights, which open with a free Flinque account.
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