South Africa marks World Elephant Day with renewed conservation pledge

CAPE TOWN, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- South Africa celebrated World Elephant Day on Tuesday with a renewed commitment to elephant conservation through high-level dialogue involving key stakeholders.

World Elephant Day is celebrated annually on Aug. 12. This year's commemoration, themed "Matriarchs' and Memories," coincided with the Southern African Elephant Indaba, hosted by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment in KwaZulu-Natal, home to the country's second-largest elephant population.