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I was pretty unhappy about starting Lawrence Anthony’s The Elephant Whisperer (cowritten, as with his other two books, by Graham Spence), not because I didn’t think it was going to be good, but because I knew it was. I knew too that it would mean I quickly smashed my way through reading it and would [...]

For some illogical, galling, apoplexy-inducing reason, zoos and animal sanctuaries are not (unlike hospitals) protected under the Geneva Convention. Which means that when war breaks out in a country, animals kept in captivity and entirely reliant on humans for their food, water, shelter, and safety are left to fend for themselves. While they’re still locked [...]

Had you written a book detailing how you were negotiating with wanted military leader Joseph Kony to rescue endangered rhinos prior to a few months ago, most of the developed world would have asked, ‘Joseph who?’ But thanks to Invisible Children’s awareness-raising campaign that went so gangbusters that the term ‘viral’ doesn’t do it justice, [...]