Death of a Tusker
Poaching of Africa’s elephants continues at alarming levels, spurred by poverty, corrupt government officials, and the demand for illegal ivory in Asian countries. My earliest and fondest memories of the Kenya bush are the times I spent in Tsavo National Park...
Hope, Faith and the Man-Killer
Night and day they would pursue the huge beast that was threatening the very existence of several villages. Hope is twenty-three and Faith is two, and they live together, mother and child, in a tiny mud and grass-thatched rondavel a couple of miles from a place called...
Ruark On Safari: Elephant Near Miss
An excerpt from Ruark Remembered by Alan Ritchie who served as Ruark’s personal secretary for 12 years. Meanwhile, our horse and camel safari continued, and there were plenty of unusual and even frightening incidents along the way. One day we were charged by a very...
The Big-Footed Tusker
Rusted guns, language barriers, and misleading feet–a different sort of elephant hunt.
Jimmy John’s CEO Targeted by Anti-Hunters for Hunting Photos
The ire over John Liautaud’s 2010 safari has waxed and waned over the years, but is resurging as the company prepares to go public.