Tag: elephants
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The Last Elephants, part III
The Last Elephants, compiled by Don Pinnock and Colin Bell, Hardie Grant Books, 2019. The photographs are again from Tanzania. Before returning to the book, some more about the extraordinary, diminutive Lek Chailert and her Elephant Nature Park in Northern Thailand as can be seen in the video below. 🐘 Sanctuary – Elephant Nature Park (2022)…
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The Last Elephants, part II
The Last Elephants, compiled by Don Pinnock and Colin Bell, Hardie Grant Books, 2019. The photographs are again from Tanzania. ‘A tale of two elephants, working out elephant management in a private reserve’ constitutes chapter 6 and it’s another which brought tears to my eyes although I don’t much like the word ‘management’ in the context.…
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The Last Elephants, part I
The Last Elephants, compiled by Don Pinnock and Colin Bell, Hardie Grant Books, 2019. I have had this book for a long time and don’t know why I haven’t got to it before – possibly I worried that it would be depressing and heart-breaking (the title is less than optimistic) but that turns out to…
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Elephant rescues, fox hunting, trees, Peter Mandelson, and Kuala Lumpur house keys
Elephants Two more Thai elephant rescues to bring tears to your eyes. We first see all three elephants in chains, two of them repeatedly swaying their heads in stereotypical behaviour indicating depression and despair caused by their confinement and cruel mistreatment. That behaviour continues but dwindles during the long journeys to the wonderful Lek Chailert’s…
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Secrets of the Elephants
This is a superb four-part television series made by National Geographic and currently available on Disney+, narrated by Natalie Portman and featuring the lovely and highly knowledgeable elephant expert Dr Paula Kahumbu. She is one of those commentators, the best kind, who does not attempt to hide but only wants to share her joyous amazement…