WORLD ELEPHANT DAY
For World Elephant Day on 12th August, I’d like to share with you the work of a lovely young artist called Letitia Cookson who I met a few years ago. She has put a little art journal together, all about […]
For World Elephant Day on 12th August, I’d like to share with you the work of a lovely young artist called Letitia Cookson who I met a few years ago. She has put a little art journal together, all about […]
I’ve now spent several hours in the Love Brand & Co shop in Chelsea, enjoying the immersive experience and trying on lots of dresses. They’ve clearly done some fresh thinking over lockdown and have really heightened their “taste of summer” […]
I was invited to attend the 4th Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) Conference in London and the situation remains truly terrifying. Of course it’s great to see a committed international response to tackling this complex challenge and to hear that this […]
UK TO END ITS IVORY TRADE. WOOHOO. FANTASTIC NEWS FOR LOTS OF REASONS AND ABOUT BLOODY TIME. It’s not yet been approved by Parliament yet, but they are amongst the toughest of any ban yet enacted anywhere else in the world. […]
The government consultation closes on 29th December and conservation groups are urging the British public to comment on this where possible to help spread the word. According to polls the majority of the British people back a total ban on […]
WWF’s annual fundraising event Wear it Wild is back on Friday 20th October and we are calling for everyone up and down the country to don their best wildlife-inspired costume and raise money for the vital work of WWF. So […]
My teenage son has just come back from a week in Sri Lanka with a friend’s family and here is what he thought of it. He very sweetly brought me back a little tiny elephant – he knows how much […]
Please join #MarchforGiants to protect elephants from poaching. Please help support the global campaign #MarchforGiants to help to secure a future for elephants. In a world first for conservation campaigners, Space for Giants has launched a global campaign to ask […]
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 […]
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 […]