For nearly two decades, WWF’s flagship Living Planet Report (LPR) has monitored the health of our planet. The 11th edition, released globally today show’s that for the first time in 65 million years we face a mass extinction of wildlife […]
According to campaigners, the UK and in particular, the Conservative government is putting elephants at risk by breaking promises on the ivory trade. Apparently, no action has been taken by the Conservative party who promised to stamp out the UK’s […]
The Giants Club Summit has just closed in Kenya as work begins on new Presidential actions in support of the elephant protection initiative. Elton John, Richard Branson and Bear Grylls sent personal messages of support to the gathering of African […]
I’VE BEEN HERE. Mfuwe Lodge in the Luangwa valley – a five star lodge in Zambia that I stayed in with my father. Just spectacular. You have to watch this video where you will see an elephant family, led by […]
Sometimes life can be really astonishing and yesterday was most certainly one of those moments, when I rather surprisingly found myself at Buckingham Palace to witness an extraordinary event. The signing of a rare Buckingham Palace Declaration for a major […]
OK so we all know this is the Year of The Monkey, but maybe they could do with a little help from their friends? The elephants certainly need a little help from us so this year Wildaid are encouraging us […]
MAKANYANE My daughter spent Christmas again this year in Africa. She was sadly missed by all of us, but had a spectacular time. Lucky her… here she gives us some details and some photos of her experience:- It has private […]
Just a few days ago Roger Gower’s helicopter got shot down by poachers in Tanzania and he was killed. He was 37. I found out about this through my friend in Tanzania who knew him well – she also knew […]
CITES calls for urgent action to maintain pressure on illegal ivory and rhino horn trade. With thousands of elephants and rhinos poached each year, the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and […]
Hong Kong government signals end to domestic ivory trade GREAT NEWS that following a major anti-ivory campaign by WWF-Hong Kong, the city’s Chief Executive, C Y Leung, announced today that the government is actively exploring phasing out the domestic ivory […]
THANK YOU TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO MADE MY BIRTHDAY SO SPECIAL.. it was always going to be a tall order this year as I was trying very hard to ignore it but to be honest, I’m sure […]
It’s Elephant Appreciation Day! They certainly do need a little extra appreciation these days. The figures for their future are shocking, so if we could all take a moment to work out how we are going to help, then that […]
