Did you catch Attenborough and the Giant Elephant recently? In the BBC documentary, David Attenborough looked back on the life of Jumbo the elephant through zoo records, public press releases, photography, artwork, his skeleton and the journal of his keeper Matthew Scott. And all of the evidence pointed to a pretty troubled existence. I won’t … More The life of Jumbo and what the BBC forgot to mention

I was recently invited to talk to the Berkshire Mammal Group and given the very vague brief: “talk about elephants”. Well, I don’t need to be asked twice. I decided to focus on the future of elephants in an increasingly human-dominated Africa, and the talk proceeded somewhat along these lines… human population growth, conversion of … More If you needed another reason… Why I work to help elephants…

Well, the truth is, I’m not entirely sure this will be a hit, or, whether that is even my intention. To start: describe myself, right? Well I would say I am a work-in-progress. Professionally, there are many things I want to be: a scientist, a conservationist, a photographer, an artist… but I can’t say I … More I hope it’s enlightening at least…