Elephants of Kenya
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.
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 live 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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