ELEPHANTS ARE WORTH MORE TO AFRICA ALIVE THAN DEAD
In the past elephants roamed the African continent. Then man appeared. Fenced game reserves and human encroachment followed. Elephants were left in small islands within a sea of humanity, cut off from their extended families and their age-old migration routes. Space for Elephants Foundation as a national organization endeavours to give back to the elephants their SPACE, by creating a network of corridors throughout the country and by creating a sound economic base to the people living along these corridors. Elephants need to be included in the economic equation to become an asset to the people of Africa. We will incorporate people and wildlife in a vast network of conservation and economic partnerships. Protecting our natural and cultural heritage for our future.
You whose feet pounded the earth,
the hard earth into powder in ancient times,
so that green things might grow.
You are the protecting spirit of Africa.
You are the whisper of our stories in the wind
that has forgotten its heritage.
I salute you, elephant of the plains of Africa.
Bayete, elephant!"
- Credo Mutwa