![]() With a resolute pioneer spirit still evident today, survivors went about the daunting task of restoring order to their shattered community. They need our focus and they need our commitment to stop the killing.On Tuesday, April 29, 1856, the burgeoning settlement of Cedar Hill was struck by a violent tornado that claimed at least nine lives, damaged property, killed livestock and reportedly left only two structures standing. They need more than our prayers.more than our tears.more than our anger. Hands gripping the bones I pay tribute to their magnificence, bearing witness to herds that once were. Hands on the bones, I try to feel the life of these three ton animals that once roamed and shaped this great landscape. Hands in the soil I kneel amidst the bones in prayer. The wind blows them together, in prayer for the elephants. Their leaves look like two hands praying. The mopani trees surround this graveyard. ![]() The crocodiles, hippos, impala, nyla, baboons and other wildlife eat, drink, run, jump, play, fight and live, simply live.īut the elephant bones lay silent…….still…….without life. There are elephant graveyards across Africa. There are piles of them in mounds littered across the land.Ģ5,000 elephant were killed last year. The elephant bones the length of a broom and thickness of a rugby players' thigh. Stark white bones-that is all that is left.Īn elephant skull is the size of an arm chair. Stark white bones spread across the landscape. ![]() Stark white bones juxtaposed against green vegetation. It's not like the graveyards you and I know. Have you ever visited an elephant graveyard? ![]() Kathleen was a senior staff member of African Wildlife Foundation for 11 years, serving as Vice President for East and Southern Africa and later Senior Conservation Advisor. Kathleen Fitzgerald has over 25 years of experience in integrated large landscape conservation in Africa and North America. ![]()
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