Deol & Mzimba became legendary in India & South Africa, respectively SIROHI, Rajasthan, India; ACORNHOEK, Mpumalanga, South Africa––Amit Deol, 46, spent most of his short life helping camels in the Thar desert of Rajasthan state, India. Anton Mzimba, either 42 or 49 according to various sources, spent his life protecting rhinos from poachers on the […]
Elephant polo ends in Jaipur, but elephant use & abuse in tourism continue
From Azam Siddiqui, New Delhi, India: I have immense joy in sharing the news that elephant polo organizers have pledged not to hold elephant polo matches in the state of Rajasthan, India. Reported Rachna Singh for the Times of India on January 9, 2015, “Tour operators are now informing the foreign agents not to book […]
Elephant Family founder Mark Shand, 62
Mark Shand, 62, died on April 23, 2014 from a head injury suffered in a fall when he reportedly tried to re-enter a New York City bar through a revolving door, after smoking a cigarette outside. Shand, the younger brother of British Prince Charles’ wife Camilla Parker Bowles, was author of the 1992 British […]
Camel Rescue Centre in India is world’s first
Only the second dedicated camel hospital in the world JAIPUR, India–Help In Suffering on March 13, 2011 opened a new Camel Rescue Centre at Bassi, on the outskirts of Jaipur––apparently the first facility built specifically to help camels in humane movement history, and only the second dedicated camel hospital in the world. The first was the Dubai […]