At a time when the world is battling climate change and exploitation of animals, Ecuador, in South America, has made history by becoming the first country to recognise the legal rights of individual wild animals.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone and inaugurated the various projects worth 22,000 crore rupees at a function organized at Dahod in Gujarat.
Save the Elephant Day is being celebrated on April 16, aiming to raise awareness regarding the dangers elephants face and the various difficulties they have to overcome to live.