Title:
The last elephants / compiled by Don Pinnock & Colin Bell ; foreword by HRH Prince William, Duke of Cambridge.
Author:
Pinnock, Don, compiler.
Bell, Colin (Safari guide), compiler.
William, Prince, Duke of Cambridge, 1982- writer of foreword.
Publication Information:
Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, 2019.
©2019
Call Number:
QL737.P98 P58 2019
Abstract:
Amazing photographs of elephants accompany narratives from researchers, scientists, and conservationists celebrating elephants and calling for their preservation. African savanna elephants--among the most magnificent and beloved of our fellow mammals--are an extraordinary, social, and intelligent species. The Last Elephants, an homage to these animals and a clarion call for their preservation, is based upon a shocking finding: savanna elephant populations across Africa are being decimated, with two to three murdered every hour for their ivory. Without action, these elephants soon will vanish from our world. They are a species in imminent danger of extinction, and it is up to us to save them. Featuring more than 250 full-color photos of the breathtaking animals by some of the world's top wildlife photographers, The Last Elephants was inspired by the devastating results of the continent-wide Great Elephant Census of 2016, undertaken by Elephants without Borders in tandem with the world's most prominent conservation groups. The book joins together the voices and vision of scientists, lawmakers, rangers, conservationists, and on-the-ground researchers to speak out against elephant killings, to close loopholes in international law that allow the ivory trade to continue, and to pay tribute to the thousands who work to protect the animals, including African communities who have elected to preserve and protect their elephant neighbors. Offering both profiles of preservation plans that work and hope for elephants' future, this is a must-read for everyone concerned for the future of one of Earth's most captivating species.
African savanna elephants are an extraordinary, social, and intelligent species. But savanna elephant populations across Africa are being decimated, with two to three murdered every hour for their ivory. This collection provides an homage to these animals and a clarion call for their preservation. Amazing photographs of the elephants accompany narratives from researchers, scientists, and conservationists celebrating elephants and calling for their preservation. -- adapted from front flap
ISBN:
9781588346636
Physical Description:
481 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 cm
Contents:
Elephants: a human-animal crisis -- Counting elephants / Why elephants matter / Imagining Africa's elephants / Eavesdropping on elephants / Ritual elephants / tale of two elephants / amazing Jane / Last of the big tuskers / tribute to the giant tuskers / Big trees, big elephants and big thinking / Conserving elephants and biodiversity in Africa's savannas / Constant gardeners of the wild / Ensuring elephant survival through community benefit / Funding elephant conservation / Poaching networks of East Africa / Managing cross-border elephant populations / illegal wildlife trade / CITES and trade: is this the organisation to save elephants? / South Africa. Translocating elephants: are welfare and conservation in conflict? / Just addo / Botswana. Making a safe haven / Botswana's sanctuary / Zimbabwe. Learning from Zimbabwe's 'presidential elephants' / Mahenye community, working with CAMPFIRE / Gonarezhou: a place for elephants / Mozambique. Niassa's elephants / Namibia. Desert-dwelling elephants of north-west Namibia / Tanzania. Selous game reserve: paradise lost? / success of Singita Grumeti / Kenya. Beneath Kilimanjaro: elephant conservation in Kenya / Elephants of the north / elephant and the kid / Gabon. Urgent intervention needed to save forest elephants / Democratic Republic of the Congo. Garamba National Park: conservation on the continental divide / Republic of Congo (Congo Brazzaville). Odzala-Kokoua National Park / Central African Republic. other African elephant / Republic of Togo. Ivory and terrorism / Nigeria. elephants of Yankari / Chad. Zakouma: an elephant success story / Mali. desert elephants of Mali / right time to die / Get involved: it does matter ; Wayne Lotter: a remarkable man ; Understanding elephant behaviour ; About the authors ; About the photographers.
