The Last Elephants? We hope not

An elephant is poached somewhere in Africa every 15 to 20 minutes of every day, every week and every month.

The Last Elephants? We hope not

The launch of Don Pinnock and Colin Bell’s new book, The Last Elephants.

The book tells the story of Africa’s elephants and the dangers they face as told by over 40 researchers, conservationists, activists, photographers, poets and rangers, with a foreword by HRH Prince William, Duke of Cambridge.

The book is a tribute to the many people who work for the welfare of elephants, particularly those who risk their lives for wildlife each day, particularly field rangers and anti-poaching teams.

The authors hope to fulfill two wishes from the book. First, for the Congress of Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to uplist all elephants in every country to Appendix 1, forbidding trade of elephants or elephant parts across international borders.

Their second wish is that the countries that receive and use legal and poached ivory – primarily China, Vietnam, Laos and Japan – seriously and strenuously ban its trade and use within their borders.

The book looks at how elephants are protected and what the average person can do, how to become involved as a reader and who to contact to help.

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