The Elephant Whisperer is a true story about Anothy's time running the Thula Thula Reserve in Africa. Today, the elephants are 'completely wild and doing fine' according to Graham Spence, Anthony's brother-in-law and co-author of three books. Yet, it was when we were driving down the paved road of Kruger, in another rover, that to our right and left we saw elephants knocking over trees----crack, crack---and then, with amazing dexterity, pick up the fallen fruit and put it into their mouths. The Elephant Whisperer is a touching story of the amazing capabilities of elephants and the story of how humans can reach out to them.

But this sense was taken to an even more extraordinary and inexplicable level in the case of the author of "The Elephant Whisperer" and owner of the Thula Thula game reserve in South Africa. I found Lawrence Anthony a charismatic, strong storyteller, who appreciates the humor in situations, so this is an entertaining, enjoyable story. It was something I simply couldn’t fathom … what type of person would shoot a terrified teenage elephant, and a female at that? For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin.Could you retain your cool with a charging bull elephant bearing down on you, or for that manner on finding yourself face to face with a black mamba, or even confront poachers that would happily shoot you?

Hermann explained that we were perceived as being part of one large creature that included the rover, but warned that someday the predators might finally make the distinction between machine and man.Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of ‘rogue’ elephants on his Thula Thula game reserve in South Africa because he was known as being amazingly good with animals. Hermann drove and was accompanied by a local tracker, who could read any footprint or pile of scat on the trail. But he was the herd’s last chance of survival – dangerous and unpredictable, they would be killed if Anthony wouldn’t take them in. There is a powerful, elemental message threaded through this writing about all life forms journeying together, connected, and dependent on each other for existence, which includes humans. They travelled several miles and came in two separate herds, and stayed there for two days solemnly in mourning.