Travelogues and Other Memories

The Natural World – Destruction and Conservation

  • Last Chance to See: Luangwa Giraffe

    With as few as 550 living in an isolated population in South Luangwa, Zambia Luangwa giraffe (previously know as Thornicroft’s giraffe) is classified by the IUCN as vulnerable. This places it in the IUCN’s overall “Threatened with Extinction” category. In… Continue reading

    Last Chance to See: Luangwa Giraffe

  • Last Chance to See: Cheetahs

    This is the story of a day my daughter and I spent in Liwonde National Park in April 2023 hoping to find cheetahs, perhaps the mother and cubs we had been hearing about, or a lone cheetah hunting on the… Continue reading

    Last Chance to See: Cheetahs