Pet News and Views

Editor’s note: I know this is called Pet News and Views. I, however, like to think of all animals as pets—not that we own them, but as creatures we are responsible for. That is why today’s post is about African elephants..

By Angela Terry, guest blogger with the nonprofit group Blood Ivory

It’s easy to assume that something that lives in a foreign country thousands of miles away will always be here for us. And that one day when we’ve made enough money, collected enough air miles, and put in enough hours, we’ll be able to hop on a plane to see these magnificent creatures in the flesh. [...]