Nikita Dhawan
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], and Indian Express[5].
Nikita is a recipient of the Diana Award[6] and the Youth Award from the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organization (FIAPO)[7]. Nikita is also a Youth Ambassador for Born Free Foundation[8] and Earthday.Org and a member of IUCN’s Commission on Education and Communication (CEC).
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- ↑ https://youthforanimals.org/?page_id=20
- ↑ Shankar the elephant: Plea to send lonely African animal home from India BBC News
- ↑ Teen makes plea to relocate Shankar the elephant from Indian zoo ABC News
- ↑ Sad Elephant Has Been Isolated in 'Bleak Enclosure' for 15 Years After Best Friend's Death Newsweek
- ↑ 24 years ago an elephant was brought to India. Now activists want him freed Indian Express
- ↑ The 2022 Diana Award Roll Of Honour diana-award.org.uk
- ↑ Climate Rockstars
- ↑ Nikita Dhawan Born Free