ELEPHANTS MOURN THE DEATH OF "THE ELEPHANT WHISPERER"

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^{A line of elephants approaching the Anthony house (Photo courtesy of the Anthony family)}

'For 12 hours, two herds of wild South African elephants slowly made their way through the Zululand bush until they reached the house of late author Lawrence Anthony, the conservationist who saved their lives.

The formerly violent, rogue elephants, destined to be shot a few years ago as pests, were rescued and rehabilitated by Anthony, who had grown up in the bush and was known as the “Elephant Whisperer.”

For two days the herds loitered at Anthony’s rural compound on the vast Thula Thula game reserve in the South African KwaZulu – to say good-bye to the man they loved. But how did they know he had died March 7?'

Read the full story and more about Laurence Anthony's amazing encounters and works at Wild Elephants Mourn Death of Famed Elephant Whisperer