
The Last Elephants
Hardie Grant Books (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 1. May 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-1-74379-551-4 (ISBN)
Description
'When I was born, there were a million elephants roaming Africa. By the time my daughter Charlotte was born in 2015, the numbers of savannah elephants had crashed to just 350,000. At the current pace of illegal poaching, when Charlotte turns twenty-five the African elephant could be gone from the wild.' HRH Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
An elephant is killed in Africa every 15 minutes. If this continues, these extraordinary animals will become extinct in less than three decades.
This magnificently produced book offers a passionate, graphic and moving picture of the African elephant today in over 250 astonishing colour images captured by Africa's most celebrated wildlife photographers. With texts contributed by leading scientists, conservationists, filmmakers and criminologists on the ground, the book covers the elephant populations of South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Kenya, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Nigeria, Chad and Mali.
The book has been created to make the world aware of the devastating problem and as a tribute to those who risk their lives each day to stem the tide of poaching. The Last Elephants - is the title prophetic? We hope not.
An elephant is killed in Africa every 15 minutes. If this continues, these extraordinary animals will become extinct in less than three decades.
This magnificently produced book offers a passionate, graphic and moving picture of the African elephant today in over 250 astonishing colour images captured by Africa's most celebrated wildlife photographers. With texts contributed by leading scientists, conservationists, filmmakers and criminologists on the ground, the book covers the elephant populations of South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Kenya, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Nigeria, Chad and Mali.
The book has been created to make the world aware of the devastating problem and as a tribute to those who risk their lives each day to stem the tide of poaching. The Last Elephants - is the title prophetic? We hope not.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
South Yarra
Australia
Product notice
Flexible plastic/vinyl cover
Illustrations
full colour throughout
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
1720 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-74379-551-4 (9781743795514)
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Persons
Colin Bell has worked throughout Africa as a guide for over 25 years, and now part-owns a travel safari company, Natural Selection Safari. Dr Don Pinnock is a historian, criminologist, environmental journalist and photographer, and the author of 17 books.