TripAdvisor & Its Subsidiary Travel Company Viator Continue To Shirk Responsibility When Confronted About Alleged Wild Animal Abuse Running Rampant Among Its Reviewers’ Highly Rated Tourist Destination Spots… It should come as no surprise that any wildlife attraction featuring elephants would be highly ranked; up near or at the top of any go-to tourist destination. … Continue reading »
Monthly Archives: April 2016
A Day in The Life: “Sometimes Naughty” Always Cute Orphaned Baby Elephants Enjoy Their Mud Baths in Their Sanctuary at The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya, Africa: American Travel Photographer Observes
What more could an elephant look forward to in life than a mud bath? And though there is a protective quality to the mud & volcanic dust, it shields them from the sun (cooling them down) & from the incessant bites of insects, most elephants extol its value more for the fun points it earns than … Continue reading »
“Elephant Ivory & Rhino Horn Burn” Event Hosted By Kenya Government & Kenya Wildlife Service Set To Begin on 29 April 2016 in Africa With the Inaugural “Giants Club” Summit Sending Strong Message to Poachers : What Price Can One Put on the Life of an Elephant?
It may take longer than an afternoon of ceremony to burn an elephant tusk to a crisp (actually the process of destroying ivory involves many days of exposure to intense temperatures in furnaces designed to withstand such heat). Even still the embers remain and serve as a fervent reminder of just how incensed the public has become … Continue reading »
A Baby Elephant So Hairy She Resembles a Woolly Mammoth : Watch Video of Adorable Indian Baby Elephant as She Playfully Explores a Girl’s Face With Her Trunk
If watching this video of an adorable woolly mammoth-like orphaned baby elephant doesn’t encourage you to help save these wonderful creatures then nothing can. As scientists have discovered the genetic link (in one study using mitochondrial DNA) from the Woolly Mammoth to the “modern elephant” they have also shown that the Asian elephant is even more closely … Continue reading »
Leonardo DiCaprio Bears Witness to the Devastating Effects of Deforestation by the Palm Oil Industry in the Leuser Ecosystem While The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation Works to Secure a Sanctuary For Sumatran Elephants in Indonesia
The photo shows a Sumatran elephant tugging at Leonardo DiCaprio’s trousers as they share a photo op together near an area that is being destroyed and threatening the species’ very chance to live. Leonardo (alongside two environmentalists and another elephant, heavily tusked) is reaching back with a rub to the trunk of the elephant … Continue reading »