Among the Elephants Author:Iain & Oria Douglas-Hamilton With a courageous heart and an adventurous spirit, Iain Douglas-Hamilton, a young Scottish zoologist, began his study of elephants in East Africa. The future of the elephants hangs in the balance; the expanding encroachments of man upon their natural browsing grounds constantly narrow their chances for survival. Man and elephant each need more l... more »and than the other is willing to give, and a compromise must be reached before the elephants destroy the parklands that support them and are themselves destroyed by mass starvation. The alternatives are few and decisions difficult-either the elephant population must be kept stable through a planned slaughter by those most concerned with their survival, or the native Africans must be evicted from their homes and farms to allow the herds to expand. (Con't)« less