David Ebert, a retired lawyer, founded Weeping Elephant Project in 2025 as a means of more fully devoting himself to reducing the suffering of elephants. WEP is a continuation and expansion of his work on behalf of captive elephants in the US over the past decade.
Weeping Elephant Project’s goals include educating the public to what they are not seeing when they attend circuses, visit zoos and participate in other events that display and degrade elephants. Through the Weeping Elephant Project’s podcast, David seeks to help elephant organizations and advocates reach a wider audience and serve as a resource for those interested in understanding more about the plight of captive elephants and the unseen awfulness to which they’re subjected. The podcast features interviews with the extraordinary advocates and organizations pursuing elephant protection to help raise their profile and bring more attention and funding to their remarkable work.
David is also the Co-Founder, President Emeritus, and a former board member of Animal Defense Partnership, which provides legal services exclusively to animal protection nonprofits, entirely without charge. ADP now represents 350+ clients working in the US as well as US-based organizations advocating for change in other parts of the world. In 2024, ADP provided $2.1 million in billable legal services to its clients, for free.
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