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Revision as of 10:24, 30 April 2023
Nikita Dhawan is a high school student at the American Embassy School in New Delhi and is the founder of an animal welfare initiative called Youth for Animals.[1]
Youth for Animals spearhead campaign is to free Shankar, a solitary African elephant at the Delhi Zoo in India, and transfer him to a wildlife refuge or sanctuary.
Nikita has filed a legal petition in the Delhi High Court for Shankar’s freedom. The campaign has been covered by Indian and International media, including BBC[2], ABC News[3], Newsweek[4], The Times[5], Indian Express[6].
Nikita is a recipient of the Diana Award[7] and the Youth Award from the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organization (FIAPO)[8]. Nikita is also a Youth Ambassador for Born Free Foundation[9] and Earthday.Org and a member of IUCN’s Commission on Education and Communication (CEC).
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References
- ↑ https://youthforanimals.org/?page_id=20
- ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-60150533
- ↑ https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/video/teen-makes-plea-relocate-shankar-elephant-indian-zoo-82786392
- ↑ https://www.newsweek.com/sad-elephant-isolated-bleak-enclosure-15-years-1674423
- ↑ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/schoolgirl-urges-court-to-let-delhi-zoos-african-elephant-return-home-d605drd26
- ↑ https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-in-india/24-years-ago-an-elephant-was-brought-to-india-now-activists-want-him-freed-7753615/
- ↑ https://diana-award.org.uk/our-programmes-and-initiatives/award-and-development/roll-of-honour/roll-of-honour-2022
- ↑ https://www.futureclimateleaders.org/rockstars.php
- ↑ https://www.bornfree.org.uk/nikita-dhawan