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Founder of the charity ZANE (Zimbabwe a National Emergency) walks miles to raise funds

The end of Day One of ZANE's York to Canterbury 2012 fundraising walk

The end of Day One of ZANE’s York to Canterbury 2012 fundraising walk

(March 2015:  Relaunch of a piece on ZANE’s September 2012 walk.)

Tom Benyon OBE (aged 70) and his wife Jane are walking for ZANE … again.

They’ve done Edinburgh to London (450 miles) and Land’s End to Westminster (335 miles).  Now it’s York to Canterbury – 351 miles.

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Zimbabwe’s elephants: Ségolène Royal’s response

Screen shot of statement from Ségolène Royal

Ségolène Royal says no to Zimbabwe’s elephants

In a statement released this evening Ségolène Royal, France’s minister for “l’Écologie, du Développement durable et de l’Énergie” clarifies that she will not authorise the import into France of elephants from Zimbabwe.

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Zimbabwe’s elephants – update on how to help

Baby elephant

Food and protection in the wild

It’s not easy to face the suffering of animals yet millions of people around the world have looked in on the bleak future planned for over fifty of  Zimbabwe’s young elephants.  It’s a desperate situation but there is a way to help.

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