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Passed on: a Kenyan hero, others who served, & a questionable Canadian

September 21, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Mwachofi Ngonyo,  among the last of the Tsavo Watha “The curtain has fallen for a great man in conservation!” emailed Africa Network for Animal Welfare founder Josphat Ngonyo on September 5,  2021. “Please join me,”  Josphat Ngonyo asked,  “in celebrating the life of my uncle and father figure Mwachofi Ngonyo.  “He was among the last of […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Feature Home Bottom, Kenya, Sub-Saharan Tagged With: Bill Woodley, Daphne Sheldrick, David Sheldrick, Josphat Ngonyo, Lee Anne Nesler, Merritt Clifton, Michael O'Sullivan, Mwachofi Ngonyo, Patricia Maginnis, Shauna Waite

Daphne Sheldrick, 83, showed Kenya that wildlife is worth most when alive

April 15, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Known for elephant & rhino rescue,  but contributions were much bigger than that             NAIROBI,  Kenya––The facts of the life of the late Daphne Sheldrick,  who died at age 83 on April 12,  2018 after a long battle with breast cancer,  are much more easily summarized than her legacy to wildlife,  elephants in particular,  and […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Conservation, Elephants, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Kenya, Laws, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Angela Sheldrick, Azam Siddiqui, Bill Jordan, Bill Woodley, Chris Jordan, Daniel arap Moi, Daphne Sheldrick, David Sheldrick, Esmond Bradley Martin, Gillian Woodley, Jomo Kenyatta, Josphat Ngonyo, Merritt Clifton, Paula Kahumbu, Steve Itela

A matriarch remembers, by Daphne Sheldrick,  D.B.E. (1934-2018)

April 14, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

The first 65 years of the life of the world’s first mom to orphaned elephants in her own words Editors’ note:  Daphne Sheldrick,  83,  founder of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and of the elephant orphanage the trust operates at the edge of Nairobi National Park,  Kenya,  died on April 12,  2018,  after a long battle […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Humane history, Kenya, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Religion & philosophy, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife Tagged With: Angela Sheldrick, Bill Woodley, Daphne Sheldrick, David Sheldrick, Gillian Woodley, Josphat Ngonyo, Merritt Clifton

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