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.
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An amazing experience of true love
Sun, 31 Jan 2016 | Review
by: Myrlene P.
This is the greatest book on animals I have yet read. Dame Daphne shares her life, her love, both family and especially elephants and her passion for animals with such emotion, that she actually becomes 'a personal friend'. When seeing her now at her elephant sanctuary it feels as if I've known her all my life.
Her style of writing is colorful and with emotion, but with the main theme - love for elephants and family always in mind. A definite must read.
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