2019 - 27” x 36” giclee print of oil on canvas (original 36 x 48)

In 2003, Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo, together with San Diego Zoo Global, airlifted 11 elephants from Swaziland, Africa, a small southern African country, where they faced being killed because “elephant overpopulation was destroying its habitat.” Four of those elephants arrived at Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo and seven went to San Diego. Although three of the original four still reside in Tampa, the fourth, a bull named Msholo, relocated to San Diego Zoo Global on breeding loan in 2009. Originally born in South Africa (Kruger National Park), Msholo was recently sent to Zoo Atlanta (July 2019). Msholo, a now 11,000 lb 30-year old male, served an important role within the Safari Park herd by providing a dominant male figure that helped teach and develop the male calves into well-behaved young bulls. Illegal trafficking for ivory and human-wildlife conflict represent significant threats for African elephants. Tens of thousands of elephants are killed for the illegal ivory trade each year, and, appallingly, the U.S. remains one of the world’s largest importers of ivory.

All giclee prints are archival ink on stretched canvas with printing on the edges (to be hung without a frame)

27 x 36 has 1.5” thick edge

18 x 24 has 1” edge

9 x 12 has 1” edge