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Subject: [Leica] Yala - Elephants
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2010 22:39:02 +0100
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Sadly, you are correct, Jayanand...

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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YNWA







On Dec 26, 2010, at 3:10 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:

> Nathan,
> Thanks for looking.
> 
> Is it easier to imagine tigers being killed for their penis and bones, or
> rhinos for their horns? It all comes down to teeming hordes of uneducated
> illiterates who have decimated the wildlife in their own country, who are
> now busy decimating the wildlife in the rest of the world, with the active
> connivance of venal local politicians and their goons, whether in Africa or
> Asia.
> 
> As George Schaller said "If a dead tiger is worth more than a live one,
> tigers will continue being killed"
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 1:31 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at 
> frozenlight.eu>wrote:
> 
>> Incredible animals, beautifully photographed. I just cannot imagine how
>> anyone can bring themselves to kill one of these just for the ivory.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>> 
>> YNWA
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Dec 19, 2010, at 4:06 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
>> 
>>> The elephants at Yala are quite extraordinary, they just burst upon you
>> from
>>> the surrounding vegetation, making for very close encounters, which at
>> times
>>> can be quite stressful - because if there is one animal in our jungles
>> whose
>>> behaviour I don't quite trust, it is the wild elephant. In fact the
>> closest
>>> encounter in this trip was when a full grown cow elephant came and stood
>>> right behind the jeep in a defensive posture, so that her young calves
>> could
>>> cross the road behind her. She was so close (about 5 feet from me,
>> adjacent
>>> to the vehicle) that I did not dare take photographs for fear it might
>> spook
>>> her!
>>> 
>>> Anyway the final set of photographs from Yala are of elephants:
>>> 
>>> Emerging from the vegetation:
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Yala/_JGJ0951-Edit.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> Startled youngster:
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Yala/_JGJ0958-Edit.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> Mother and (very young) child:
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Yala/_JGJ1019-Edit.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> A wary eye:
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Yala/_JGJ1270-Edit.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> C&C always welcome
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> Jayanand
>>> 
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