Author Archive

Elephants and Ethics has shipped!

By Debra Durham • Jun 25th, 2008 • Category: Forthcoming, Non-fiction

I got my notice from Amazon overnight - and there was a price drop, too. (Though still expensive at $60 / ea) I’m really looking forward to this one - look at the line up!



Reflecting on the Month of Elephants Series

By Debra Durham • Jun 21st, 2008 • Category: Essays

A reflection on the Month of Elephants series from start to finish.



Elephant news round-up

By Debra Durham • Jun 21st, 2008 • Category: Journalism

A survey of elephant news stories for the week ending June 20, 2008



Poached and poisoned

By Debra Durham • Jun 16th, 2008 • Category: Journalism

Why are elephants being poached and poisoned in India?



With friends like that, who needs enemies?

By Debra Durham • Jun 15th, 2008 • Category: Journalism

Seems a shame that cruelty would be at the heart of this celebration that is presumably about love.



Celebration and sorrow for chimps

By Debra Durham • Jun 15th, 2008 • Category: Journalism

Last week there were causes for both celebration and sorrow for chimpanzees living in captivity in the US: some find a new home and another passes on. Both stories will tug at your heart strings.



Rescued elephants returned to forest home

By Debra Durham • Jun 15th, 2008 • Category: Elephants

The Month of Elephants series has covered a wide range of topics, but good news is scarce these days. That’s why I was especially pleased to see this recent news from Sri Lanka.



The storytellers of animals’ stories

By Debra Durham • Jun 12th, 2008 • Category: Essays, Podcast, sequel

I’ve been keeping track of my own responses to various devices used in the telling of animals’ stories a little more closely.



Science offers no support for SA cull

By Debra Durham • Jun 12th, 2008 • Category: Elephants

The sources quoted in the story have tried handily to connect the trauma of elephants to the risk of future trauma among people, but only in the context of tourism



Theater: An elephant tells her story in Sanctuary Song

By Debra Durham • Jun 10th, 2008 • Category: Journalism, Other

plan to be in Toronto later this summer, but I wish I could visit now to check out this current play, Sanctuary Song. In the play, an elephant named Sydney tells the story of her life, which seems to embody details from the lives of many elephants, but of no specific individual.