The elephants broke out of the reserve twice and killed one of his rhino, yet still he persevered. What happened next would change his life forever… To do so would be the act of a madman: risking his own life and those of his staff, a fortune in property damage and with an exceedingly slim chance of success. So Lawrence was asked if he would take on this herd- give them a new home on his own property. Once an elephant herd is out of control, it is inevitably shot. In Africa, there’s no such thing as compromise. There was a herd of elephants several hundred miles distant in some pretty deep trouble- a matriarch gone rogue and killed, causing riot amidst the rest and threats of culling within days. One day, he received a phone call: the sort of phone call you kind of wish you’d put down as soon as you accept. Lawrence Anthony was a South African conservationist, and proud owner of Thula Thula game reserve. A thought leader, a dreamer, and idealist right through to the end, he has a message we all could learn from. But when Lawrence Anthony gave shelter to a herd of rogue elephants, he learnt a very special truth.
Set against the background of life on an African game reserve, "The Elephant Whisperer" is a heart-warming, exciting, funny, and sometimes sad account of Anthony's experiences with these huge yet sympathetic creatures.For most of us, Africa’s another universe, a land of giants. And as he battled to create a bond with the elephants, he came to realize that they had a great deal to teach him about life, loyalty, and freedom. In the years that followed he became a part of their family. In order to save their lives, Anthony took them in. But he was the herd's last chance of survival: they would be killed if he wouldn't take them. He tells of hair-raising fights with poachers, of elephants as surprise dinner guests, of raising a baby elephant in his home, and other stories.-From publisher description.When South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of "rogue" wild elephants on his Thula Thula game reserve in Zululand, his common sense told him to refuse. In order to save their lives, Lawrence took them in, and in the years that followed found that they had a lot to teach him about life, loyalty, and freedom. A troubled, unpredictable herd needed a new home. Yet one day a phone call changed all that. It had been nearly a century since elephants had lived in Southern Zululand, South Africa, where Lawrence Anthony founded his Thula Thula wildlife reserve.
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