Preparing to receive a herd of elephants into the Thula Thula nature preserve in South Africa is an enormous undertaking. When the elephants arrive, they act erratically and dangerously. Eventually, with the patience and love of their human caretakers, they adapt to their new environment.Publisher’s description:
It had been nearly a century since elephants had lived in Southern Zululand, South Africa, where Lawrence Anthony founded his Thula Thula wildlife reserve. Yet one day a phone call changed all that. A troubled, unpredictable herd needed a new home. In order to save their lives, Lawrence took them in, and in the years that followed found that they had a lot to teach him about life, loyalty, and freedom. He tells of hair-raising fights with poachers, of elephants as surprise dinner guests, of raising a baby elephant in his home, and other stories.--From publisher description.
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