Giant Steps: Companion Volume to Richard Peirces First Expose About African Animals: Poachers Moon - A True Story of Life, Death, Love and Survival . Survival and Triumph in the Face of Cruelty

Richard Peirce

ISBN 10: 1775843300 / ISBN 13: 9781775843306

Published by Struik Nature, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Giant Steps: Companion Volume to Richard Peirces First Expose About African Animals: Poachers Moon - A True Story of Life, Death, Love and Survival . Survival and Triumph in the Face of Cruelty
• Publisher: Struik Nature
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1775843300
• ISBN 13: 9781775843306
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Used; Very Good

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Synopsis

Elephants have long been targeted by humans: not only are they killed for their ivory, but their extraordinary strength, intelligence and charisma have seen some of them captured, chained and effectively jailed for life. Bully and Induna are two African elephants, both orphaned in organised culling operations and destined for lives in captivity. Growing up far apart and quite differently, Bully (a former animal film star) and the less fortunate Induna were both driven to react to their circumstances Induna even killed one of his carers. Their individual situations reached a point where both were considered to be dangerous animals and were under threat of being put down. This is the true story of their lives. Conservationist Richard Peirce presents their individual narratives and the twists and turns of their fortunes: the exploitation of these majestic but sensitive animals, how they each came to be trapped in unsuitable employment and shunted about from one venue to the next, before finding one another free at last on a farm in southern Africa.

About the Author

Richard Peirce is best known as a shark conservationist his main focus for over 20 years. Chairman of the Shark Conservation Society and the Shark Trust, he has authored several books on the topic. Richard and his wife Jacqui are confirmed nomads who spend half the year in South Africa; their love of wildlife takes them to the bush at every opportunity.