Mark Shand
Mark Shand
Mark Roland Shandwas a British travel writer and conservationist, and the brother of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. Shand was the author of four travel books and as a BBC conservationist, appeared in documentaries related to his journeys, most of which centered on the survival of Elephants. He was the chairman of Elephant Family, a wildlife foundation, which he co-founded in 2002...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionFamily Member
Date of Birth28 June 1951
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When you look at elephant herds that are nonstressed, the males are never around. They mate, they go; they're loners.
Save the elephants, and then you save the forest - and then you save yourself.
The elephant can survive only if forests survive.
people
People are so difficult. Give me an elephant any day.
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You can cut a tree down, and it grows back. Once a species goes, it's gone forever.
I was probably spoilt, if I'm being totally honest.
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Elephants seek food elsewhere if their route is blocked, and raiding crops and grain stores brings them into conflict with people, often resulting in deaths on both sides.