Australia is set to ban the ivory trade but more must be done to save the elephant
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As featured on ABC News Australia. We are driving across Africa's lush savannah and my eyes scan the horizon for silhouettes of wildlife....
Apr 12, 20184 min read
A chat with Adobe on Wildlife Conservation Day
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Mar 26, 20184 min read
A chat with Vamp on social media and conservation photography
As featured on Vamp. As part of my involvement with the WWF Earth Hour campaign, I chat with Vamp about photography, social media and...
Mar 14, 20185 min read
The Largest Killing of Land-Based Wildlife in the World: Australia's Kangaroo Culls
As featured on Voiceless. In the dead of the night, somewhere in the native grasslands of Australia, kangaroos are shot. Australia has...
Dec 6, 20174 min read
Worth More Alive - The questionable role of trophy hunting
As featured on Africa Geographic. The sound of a 12-pound double rifle cracks open and echoes eerily across the savannah. A 600-grain...
Sep 22, 20174 min read
God Save Lake Victoria
As featured on Huffington Post. Lake Victoria, the second-largest freshwater lake in the world, is struggling to survive due to...
Aug 28, 20173 min read
It's time to turn our backs on elephant rides
As featured on Huffington Post. With a wave of the mahout’s hand, the heavily-saddled elephant lifts its front leg and allows the handler...
Aug 20, 20172 min read
Elephants Are Smarter Than Realised, But Are We Smart Enough To Save Them?
As featured on Huffington Post. We admire elephants in part because they demonstrate what we consider the finest human traits: empathy,...
Aug 15, 20173 min read
The Safari Effect
As featured on Conservation Journal. A lilac-breasted roller glides gracefully through the air. Near the riverside, a weary leopard opens...
Aug 4, 20174 min read
A Tusk Is Worthless Unless It's On An Elephant
As featured on Huffington Post. There are no easy answers and no clear paths ahead to ensure the African elephant survives, but the...
Jul 21, 20172 min read
Cecil The Lion’s Son Has Been Shot Dead, And All For Nothing
As featured on Huffington Post. Xanda, the son of Cecil the Lion, has been shot dead in a legal hunting safari in Zimbabwe. Like his...
Jun 27, 20173 min read
The Forgotten Ones - The Giraffe’s Silent Extinction
As featured on Huffington Post. The tallest land animal on the planet is plummeting at an alarming rate and heading towards extinction. A...
May 2, 20172 min read
We Might Be The Last Generation To See Elephants Like This
As featured on Huffington Post. The ivory trade is the single largest threat to the African elephant. Thirty percent of the African...
Mar 19, 20174 min read
Why The World Needs Vultures
As featured on Huffington Post. Flat-footed and massive-winged, they soar majestically on thermals -- some gliding more than 160...
Mar 11, 20174 min read
Of Ivory and Ashes: Ivory Burns
“Will the ivory burn? You must be sure of that,” President Moi said, cautiously. In 1989, the President of Kenya was concerned about this...
Mar 5, 20173 min read
Dark forests, dark outlook: the African Forest Elephant
For the African Forest Elephant Foundation. The African Forest Elephant is plummeting to extinction significantly faster than its...
Feb 25, 20174 min read