An African Love Story: Love Life and Elephants - SHELDRICK,D

Daphne Sheldrick's best-selling love story of romance life and elephants An African Love Story: Love Life and Elephants is an incredible story from Africa's greatest living conservationist. A typical day for Daphne involves rescuing baby elephants from poachers; finding homes for orphan elephants all the while campaigning the ever-present threat of poaching for the ivory trade. An African Love Story is the incredible memoir of her life. It tells two stories - one is the extraordinary love story which blossomed when Daphne fell head over heels with Tsavo Game Park and its famous warden David Sheldrick. The second is the love story of how Daphne and David who devoted their lives to saving elephant orphans at first losing every infant under the age of two until Daphne at last managed to devise the first-ever milk formula which would keep them alive. 'Compulsively readable' Mail on Sunday 'An enchanting memoir' Telegraph Daphne Sheldrick has spent her entire life in Kenya. For over 25 years she and her husband David the famous founder of the the giant Tsavo National Park raised and rehabilitated back into the wild orphans of misfortune from many different wild species. These included elephants rhinos buffaloes zebra eland kudu impala warthogs and many other smaller animals. In 2006 she was made Dame Commander of the British Empire by the Queen.

TITLE: An African Love Story: Love Life and Elephants

AUTHOR: SHELDRICK,D

SKU: 9780670919703

PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Inc

DATE PUBLISHED: 01/03/2012

PLACE PUBLISHED: United States

PAGES: 352

BINDING: Hardback

LANGUAGE: English