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"A riveting account by a compassionate, dedicated man.-- ""Kirkus"" ""A riveting account by a compassionate, dedicated man."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews"" ""Narrator Simon Vance is captivating as he recounts conservationist Lawrence Anthony's adventures in seeking to protect endangered animals in Africa."" -- ""AudioFile"" ""Riddled with heartfelt anecdotes, Anthony's brave crusade to save these mammals--even at great risk to his own safety--reads like a safari adventure, a history lesson, and a warning that our careless ways will bring an end to so many magnificent species."" -- ""Publishers Weekly"""

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Lawrence Anthony (1950-2012) was an international conservationist, explorer, and adventurer. An acknowledged African wildlife expert, his personal focus was the African elephant. Lawrence was the long-standing head of conservation at the Thula Thula game reserve in Zululand, South Africa, and the founder of the Earth Organization, an independent, international conservation and environmental group with a strong scientific orientation. He was a member of the esteemed Explorers Club of New York as well as the National Council of the South African Association for the Advancement of Science. Details of his conservation activities have appeared regularly in the media and have been featured in such magazines and journals as Reader's Digest, Smithsonian, Africa Geographic, Men's Journal, Shape magazine, and Elle magazine. He is also coauthor, with Graham Spence, of Babylon's Ark and The Last Rhinos. Graham Spence is the author of The Apocalypse Chase and coauthor, with Lawrence Anthony, of The Last Rhinos, The Elephant Whisperer, and Babylon's Ark. Graham Spence is the author of The Apocalypse Chase and coauthor, with Lawrence Anthony, of The Last Rhinos, The Elephant Whisperer, and Babylon's Ark. Simon Vance (a.k.a. Robert Whitfield) is an award-winning actor and narrator. He has earned more than fifty Earphones Awards and won the prestigious Audie Award for best narration thirteen times. He was named Booklist's very first Voice of Choice in 2008 and has been named an AudioFile Golden Voice as well as an AudioFile Best Voice of 2009. He has narrated more than eight hundred audiobooks over almost thirty years, beginning when he was a radio newsreader for the BBC in London. He is also an actor who has appeared on both stage and television.

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