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by Thando on Jan 31st, 2013
A feature on the late Lawrence Anthony, who co-wrote The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World’s Greatest Creatures and The Elephant Whisperer with Graham Spence, appears in the January/February edition of Australia Geographic Outdoor Magazine.
Anthony, who was known for his work in animal conservation, passed away last year but his foundation, the Lawrence Anthony Earth Organization, is continuing his legacy.
Never forgotten
Lawrence Anthony saved the animals during the Gulf War, and was integral to the fight for the survival of the rhino in Africa.
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- The Elephant Whisperer: Learning About Life, Loyalty and Freedom From a Remarkable Herd of Elephants by Lawrence Anthony, Graham Spence
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by Thando on Jan 25th, 2013
The Lawrence Anthony Earth Organization organised a flash mob last year in Durban to raise awareness about rhino poaching for World Rhino Day on 22 September. The organisation is the legacy of Anthony, the author of The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World’s Greatest Creatures, who passed away last year.
The flash mob was aimed at getting South African youth involved in spreading the message of rhino conservation. After dancing to several songs, the mob unzipped their tops to reveal the rhinos on their t-shirts as a speech about rhino poaching was read over the loudspeaker:
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by Thando on Jan 11th, 2013
Charles Siebert from The New York Times has written about Lawrence Anthony as part of “The Lives They Lived”, an annual collection of profiles of influential people who passed away that year.
Siebert describes how Anthony came to host nine elephants that had been orphaned by poaching and culling on his game reserve, Thula Thula. Anthony’s book, The Elephant Whisperer, that he co-wrote with Graham Spence, describes the long process he went through to earn the trust of the elephants. Anthony suffered a heart attack and passed away in March last year.
Back in 1999, Lawrence Anthony, a South African wildlife conservationist, received a call from a conservation organization asking him if he’d give refuge to a herd of nine renegade elephants on his expansive reserve, in the heart of KwaZulu-Natal province. The orphans of poaching and culling, many of the problem elephants were exhibiting the erratic and irascible behaviors of juvenile delinquents with post-traumatic-stress disorder: repeatedly escaping from their enclosures, destroying property and threatening other wildlife and humans. The animals would be shot, Anthony was told, if he couldn’t settle them on his land.
Anthony had named his reserve Thula Thula (Zulu for “peace and tranquillity”), a somewhat paradoxical moniker given his penchant for speeding around the property in his Land Rover, blasting Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Uriah Heep. He lived with his family in the main farmhouse and built five-star accommodations on the reserve, establishing an eco-tourism mecca to help finance his conservation efforts.
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- The Elephant Whisperer: Learning About Life, Loyalty and Freedom From a Remarkable Herd of Elephants by Lawrence Anthony, Graham Spence
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by Thando on Jan 4th, 2013
Lawrence Anthony’s incredible life and his love for animals has been celebrated in an article on Epic Victories. The article details Anthony’s love for animals and his remarkable journey to protect Baghdad Zoo’s animals, the northern white rhino, and Kruger Park elephants. Anthony co-wrote The Elephant Whisper: Learning About Life, Loyalty and Freedom From a Remarkable Herd of Elephants and The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World’s Greatest Creatures with Graham Spence.
Regarded as an animal whisperer, Lawrence Anthony has a heart for animals. He is an animal activist that works hard for the welfare of animals; even amongst the turmoil of wars and enemy attacks. Anthony made himself well known during the 2003 invasion in Iraq. While the United States and it’s allies invaded Iraq on March 20, 2003, Anthony decided to go to the war-zone area to help save animals at the biggest zoo in the Middle East. His efforts led to his work being publicized abroad.
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- The Elephant Whisperer: Learning About Life, Loyalty and Freedom From a Remarkable Herd of Elephants by Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence
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- The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World’s Greatest Creatures by Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence
EAN: 9780283071621
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by Thando on Dec 3rd, 2012
Myrtle Ryan from the Sunday Tribune paid a visit to Thula Thula, the late Lawrence Anthony’s game reserve, which is featured in his books, The Last Rhinos and The Elephant Whisperer.
Ryan met Anthony’s wife, Francoise Malby-Anthony, who described recording the voice-over for the Coronation Fund Managers advert about Anthony and spoke about the first time they met.
When the renowned Lawrence Anthony, often called “The Elephant Whisperer”, died, the herd came to his home to bid him a final farewell.
But they did not forget the woman he loved, his wife Francoise Malby-Anthony. So when two new calves were born, on both occasions the elephants took them up to the house to show her the latest additions.
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- The Elephant Whisperer: Learning About Life, Loyalty and Freedom From a Remarkable Herd of Elephants by Lawrence Anthony, Graham Spence
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by Thando on Nov 14th, 2012
American actress Kelly Preston has lent her support to KZN Rhino Watch, which the Lawrence Anthony Earth Organization is running with East Coast Radio.
Preston has shared a video on her website asking people to support the campaign. Lawrence Anthony, co-author of The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World’s Greatest Creatures, was a friend of Preston’s and in the video she says that he “did so much to help save animals during his life”. She adds that it is “all of our responsibility to do whatever we can to save them”.
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I am reaching out to all of you to please do whatever you can to assist with the massive Rhino crisis that we are faced with here in South Africa. There are only around 22,000 Rhino left in South Africa and at the current rate of poaching, we are looking at extinction by the year 2050, but with massive escalation of poaching—it could be sooner. We need to get the full-time helicopter program back up and running. With this program in the air, we saw an 85% reduction in poaching.
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KZN Rhino Watch is delighted to announce that American actress, Kelly Preston, has given her support to the project.
More good news is that in the past seven days there’ve been no poaching incidents in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park where our chopper is based.
This is our ultimate goal.
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- The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World’s Greatest Creatures by Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence
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by Thando on Aug 1st, 2012
Indulgence Café in Northcliff, Johannesburg will be hosting a lunch for Women’s Day on Thursday 9 August to raise funds for the Endangered Wildlife Trust.
Join them for a talk by guest speakers from the Trust, as well as a presentation by the Lawrence Anthony Foundation (TBC). The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World’s Greatest Creatures by Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence will be for sale, as well as ceramics and paintings. The majority of the profits will be donated to the Endangered Wildlife Trust.
Event Details
- Date: Thursday, 09 August 2012
- Time: 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
- Venue: Indulgence Café,
225 Beyers Naude Drive,
Northcliff
Johannesburg | Map
- Refreshments: Lunch
- Cover charge: R80
- RSVP on Facebook
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- The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World’s Greatest Creatures by Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence
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by Thando on Aug 1st, 2012
The latest advert campaign produced by Coronation Fund Managers features “Elephant Whisperer” Lawrence Anthony. Anthony, who passed away earlier this year shortly before the publication of The Last Rhinos, is recognised for his dedication to the rehabilitation of the African Elephant.
Narrated by Anthony’s French-born wife, Françoise, the advert tells the story of Anthony’s bold ventures in conservation, weaved around the slogan “Trust is earned over time”. The final version can be viewed on YouTube, courtesy Giant Films, and an extended version is available on Coronation’s dedicated “Trust is Earned” page, which also features interviews with Françoise Anthony.
The commercial communicates Coronation’s key message of Trust through the remarkable true South African story of conservationist Lawrence Anthony, as portrayed in his bestseller ‘The Elephant Whisperer’. In 1999 Lawrence was asked to take on a herd of rogue elephants that otherwise would have been killed.
It was their last chance of survival; and so against all odds, he put his life at risk to build a relationship with the elephants, gaining the acceptance and trust of the matriarch Nana and, through her, the rest of the herd…
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- The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World’s Greatest Creatures by Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence
EAN: 9780283071621
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- The Elephant Whisperer: Learning About Life, Loyalty and Freedom From a Remarkable Herd of Elephants by Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence
EAN: 9780330506687
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by Thando on Apr 19th, 2012
During the last few years of his life, Lawrence Anthony was on a mission to save rhinos from extinction, after his orphaned rhino Heidi was slaughtered by poachers for her horn.
In 2001 he set up The Lawrence Anthony Foundation dedicated to the conservation of black and white rhino. The story of his campaign is told in his book The Last Rhinos.
The following video of The Lawrence Anthony Foundation provides a look at some shocking statistics of rhino poaching. The work of the foundation is showcased and, right at the end of the video, Anthony makes a personal plea for people to get involved. Sadly, Anthony passed away on 2 March 2012 – but his legacy lives on:
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- The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World’s Greatest Creatures by Lawrence Anthony, with Graham Spence
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by Thando on Apr 2nd, 2012
Pan Macmillan is proud to announce the release of The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World’s Greatest Creatures by the late conservationist Lawrence Anthony:
Life on Lawrence Anthony’s game reserve, Thula Thula, is rarely dull, what with spitting cobras endangering his rangers and the unpredictable behaviour of his herd of elephants. But at least his orphaned rhino Heidi is calm around people, and a favourite of staff and guests alike. Until she is brutally slaughtered for her horn.
Furious and heartsick, Lawrence heads off to track down the poachers, while also embarking on a bid to save the Congo’s last few northern white rhino from extinction.
Peopled with unforgettable characters, from the local witch doctor to eccentric conservationist Brendan and the elephants who have such an extraordinary bond with Lawrence, The Last Rhinos is a sometimes funny, sometimes moving, always gripping read.
About the authors
Very sadly, Lawrence Anthony passed away on 2 March 2012 from a heart attack. He was a highly respected conservationist and founder of The Earth Organization. His previous titles are The Elephant Whisperer and Babylon’s Ark.
Graham Spence is a freelance journalist and author.
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- The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World’s Greatest Creatures by Lawrence Anthony, with Graham Spence
EAN: 9780283071621
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