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#Repost @franslanting • • • On Sep. 22 we celebrate World Rhino Day — She is massive, armed with horns and protected by thick skin, and yet she is utterly vulnerable. One ear is pointing my way, the other faces backwards. Rhinos make up for not seeing well with a sharp sense of hearing. Her calf is just curious, and has no clue what is facing them. But we know what is happening to them across Africa and Asia. Rhinos are in imminent danger of extinction in the wild. And that is why we need to celebrate World Rhino Day—to draw attention to them and to the people and organizations that are making a difference where it matters, in the hallways of governments and in the front lines of protection on the ground. I hope you will support them so that rhinos will get a fighting chance. Follow me @FransLanting for more stories about rhinos and how you can help. @natgeotravel @natgeocreative @thephotosociety @worldrhinoday @wildaid @world_wildlife @SaveTheRhino @lewa_wildlife #wildaid #wild_net #Rhino #WorldRhinoDay #SaveTheRhino #AspinallFoundation #celebrate

#Repost @natgeo with @repostapp ・・・ Photo by @FransLanting “Ivory is for Elephants” It’s a new year for elephants—The announcement by the Chinese government that it will ban elephant ivory sales by the end of 2017 is a momentous step forward to stem the poaching of elephants everywhere. We salute the many individuals and organizations worldwide who banded together with their counterparts in China to make this happen. In celebration, I share this image which I made one evening during Botswana’s dry season. I waded into a water hole to capture the shimmering reflection of a gathering of bull elephants at twilight, with a full moon suspended in a luminous pink sky. Follow me @FransLanting to learn more about elephants and who you can support to help their cause. @natgeotravel @natgeocreative @thephotosociety #Elephants #IvoryBan #WildAid #Wild_Net #SaveTheElephants #WorldWildlifeFund

#Repost @FransLanting @natgeo with @repostapp #ivory #elephants #Pink Photo by @FransLanting "Ivory is for Elephants” It’s a new year for elephants—The announcement by the Chinese government that it will ban elephant ivory sales by the end of 2017 is a momentous step forward to stem the poaching of elephants everywhere. We salute the many individuals and organizations worldwide who banded together with their counterparts in China to make this happen. In celebration, I share this image which I made one evening during Botswana’s dry season. I waded into a water hole to capture the shimmering reflection of a gathering of bull elephants at twilight, with a full moon suspended in a luminous pink sky. Follow me @FransLanting to learn more about elephants and who you can support to help their cause. @natgeotravel @natgeocreative @thephotosociety #Elephants #IvoryBan #WildAid #Wild_Net #SaveTheElephants #WorldWildlifeFund

Aren't they beautiful? #repost @thephotosociety Photo by @FransLanting // An elephant family of females and offspring have gathered to drink at a waterhole in the desert of northern Namibia. Compared with most other countries in Africa, Namibia’s elephants are doing well. They’re recolonizing areas along desert watercourses where they had been absent for decades, thanks to a progressive policy towards wildlife by Namibia’s central government and its community conservancies. I share this image in honor of World Elephant Day. #Follow me @FransLanting to see more images of these majestic creatures. @natgeo @natgeotravel @natgeocreative #savetheelephants #Elephants #Namibia #Etosha #WorldElephantDay #WildAid #wild_net