Iain Douglas-Hamilton, elephant protector, has died at 83

Mongabay
Dec 9, 2025, 8:46 am220 pts
For nearly six decades, Iain Douglas-Hamilton worked across the savannas of Africa, his scientific focus fixed on its largest inhabitants — the elephants. It was said he could identify an elephant by the pattern of its ears or the wrinkles in its skin. He liked to note that elephants were like people —…

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