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Ian Redmond

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Ian Redmond is a wildlife biologist specialising in apes and elephants. To join him on a virtual safari to various elephant habitats, visit vEcotourism.org. To help end the abuse of Asian elephants, visit www.STAE.org and sign the petition.

August 2016

  • Elephants near Blantyre, Malawi

    double quotation markThe ivory trade isn’t just a disaster for elephants. It threatens our future too

    Ian Redmond
    Elephants prop up the forest and savannah ecosystems we need to store carbon. To stabilise the climate, we must stop their slaughter by ivory poachers

May 2016

  • A gorilla statue at Cincinnati zoo

    double quotation markI’ve spent a lifetime with gorillas. Shooting them should be a last resort

    Ian Redmond
    The killing of Harambe after a child fell into his enclosure at Cincinnati zoo was a tragedy. Lethal force is not the only way to deal with these reasoning animals
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