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]]> This month, National Geographic magazine has a feature story about Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Family Ties – The Elephants of Samburu. He has been studying elephants for over 40 years.  And today, he’s considered a foremost biologists and a leading expert on the African elephant. He’s also the founder of Save the Elephants.

Elephants on the move

His organization fights the poaching of these majestic animals and helps educate the world about the lives and habits of elephants. He helped secure a global ban ivory trade and as a result, elephant populations are growing, especially around the Samburu National Reserve in northern Kenya.  An estimated 5,400 African Bush elephants are suspected to Elephants on the bank of a riverlive in and around the game reserve.

The article’s award-winning nature and travel writer, David Quammen, along with photographer Michael Nichols join Iain Douglas-Hamilton for a lecture and to discuss the future of Africa’s majestic elephants at the National Geographic Society in Washington, DC.

Elephants of Samburu
Grosvenor Auditorium
National Geographic Society
1600 M Street, NW
Washington , D.C. 20036 (map it)
202-857-7700

Dates and Times – Tuesday, September 9, 2008 6:30 p.m.

Tickets – $25.00 with reception following, and are available online.

Nearest Metro subway station – Farragut West – Orange line, then a two block walk, or use the DC Circulator.

Parking – Metered street and paid garage parking is available in the area.

Images – Elephants at the waters edge, on the move

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]]> A bike ride this week resulted in a fun encounter with a newborn fawn and its protective mother. The fawn was so young, it was still having problems with balance and moving faster than a slow, and somewhat unstable, walk.  It was too cute.

Watching them interact, it seemed too easy to add some all to common mother-child dialog…

Deer 1

“Now son, you need to be careful. Stay away from strangers and always stay near me and NEVER cross the path alone.”

“Okay Mom, can I go play?”

Deer 3 

“Hey you…on the bicycle with the camera, wanna play??”

Deer 6

“Junior, get back here…right now. What did I tell you about strangers?  If you can’t behave, I guess we’ll just have to go home.”

Deer 9x

“Let’s go young man…march!!”

 Deer7

I’m serious. I’m going home, and I WILL leave you here.  See, I’m leaving.

Deer 8

“She wouldn’t dare leave me…would she?”

Deer 9

“Whatever.”

Deer 9a

“Hey, look at that flower on the other side of the path.”

Deer 9b

See, I can cross by myself.

Deer 9c

FREEZE!!!  If you even put a hoof on the other side, so help me….You get back here RIGHT NOW!!

Deer 9d

What did I tell you about NEVER, EVER crossing the path alone?

But Mom…..

Deer 9e

That’s it, were going home, mister. And just wait until your father gets home.

Sorry Mom…..

I guess all mothers are the same.

Images – from personal collection – © 2008 – Jon Rochetti

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