In the evolutionary process, when animals became very big in size like the mammoths, the elephant was the only large animal among them to be saved by the grace of Shri Vishnu (Gajendra Moksha). This proves that the elephant was the only huge animal that was temperate and dharmic. It is the conveyance of Shri Lakshmi, and is the most innocent and human animal alive. As animals do not develop their ego, they are not cut off from the All-pervading Power as human beings are.