Lauren Kajewski, Life through my eyes (September theme: What Matters to Me )

Less than 50,000 of these beautiful Asian elephants remain. Listed as endangered, we are their biggest threat. Most at risk from habitat destruction, we not only hurt these animals by deforestation, but limit the regeneration of ecological communities at large. Spending most of their time grazing, elephant dung is a major contributor to nourishing our environment. Protecting our wild animals and raising awareness of how we can live better side by side with nature is important to me.

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