Elephant Poaching publicity

In the last month, several important articles have been published which document the massacre of African Elephants since 2008.

Orphans No More, National Geographic, September 2011:
After the trauma of attack and loss comes healing—and a richer understanding of the emotions and intelligence of elephants.

- this article depicts the complexity and "humanness" of elephant emotions as encountered at a unique orphanage / rehabilitation center operated by the David Sheldrick Trust in Kenya. One must note that very few elephants actually arrive in an orphanage and elephant orphans like them are scattered all over the African elephant range

Agony and Ivory, Vanity Fair, August 2011:
With a booming illegal-ivory market in China and impoverished poachers desperate for tusks, Alex Shoumatoff discovers, Africa’s elephants face an “extinction vortex.”

- this article travels to Kenya, Gabon, Zimbabwe, as well as Hong Kong and Guangzhou to trace the lethally sophisticated and antediluvian ivory trade.