The Secret Elephants: The Rediscovery of the World's Most Southerly Elephants

by Gareth Patterson

Book Overview

When a lone bull elephant is spotted in South Africa's Knysna forest by a forest guard - six years after the small population that lived there had been declared 'functionally extinct' - environmentalist and wildlife author Gareth Patterson set out in search of the truth about these elusive animals. For the next seven years he covered thousands of kilometers on foot, following ancient elephant paths through the dense Afromontane forest and the surrounding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143528017
• ISBN13: 9780143528012
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher