Wednesday, 22 February 2012

Founder Mark Shand returns to where it all began | Elephant Family


Founder Mark Shand returns to where it all began | Elephant Family

In 1988, travel writer Mark Shand arrived in Bhubaneshwar, the capital of Orissa in eastern India, and rescued a beautiful female elephant, Tara, from a life of begging and misery on the streets of India. From Bhubaneshwar, he set off with Tara and an odd bunch of travelling companions on a 1,000-mile adventure. Little did he know at the time that this journey would lead to the foundation of the charity Elephant Family. Twenty-two years later Mark has had the opportunity to return to where it all began.


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