![]() ![]() I really enjoyed reading about Africa and its people in this book. Thula Thula and its staff face fire, flood, mutiny, threats from the tribal community, tagati (evil spirits) and the most dangerous predator of all: man. ‘ The Elephant Whisperer’ by Lawrence Anthony with Graham Spence extracts the key moments from Anthony’s life at Thula Thula over a decade or so. The true nature of elephants, their intelligence and their relationships are more closely observed in this book than I have ever read before. The deal: either Anthony takes on the traumatised and unruly herd, or they will all be killed.īy slowly gaining the trust of these elephants-in a completely unconventional manner, Anthony is able to rescue the herd. ![]() Thula Thula-and more importantly, its owner Lawrence Anthony is the very last chance for these elephants. They break through electric fences, charge any human they see and escape every enclosure. They’ve been abused and they’ve been scared. They have all watched as their matriarch and her young calf was shot in from of them. A life of human abuse has pushed this herd to the breaking point. These elephants are completely unlike those you see at the zoo. In 1999 for the first time in century, the area became home to a herd of elephants. Thula Thula is a game reserve in the heart of Zululand, South Africa. But there will always be things that we don’t understand and can’t explain, especially in the realms of animal science.įor those who haven’t read my review of ‘Alex and Me’ by Irene Pepperberg, leave this page now and read that one first. Often science is so overwhelming and so clean-cut that it’s hard to see anything but facts and figures.
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