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February 25, 2007 at 13:59:16

Tracking an Injured Elephant - Part 4

by Jan Baumgartner Page 2 of 2 page(s)

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It is a balance that is missing - in both worlds.

The last thing I see as we pull away from the manyatta is a weathered sign above the door of the local pub. The pub is nearly dark but the last of the daylight illuminates the placard, an ad for Tusker beer, a sign showing the head of a regal elephant with long, massive tusks.

I do not know the fate of the villager who speared the elephant. The fate of the elephant, however, is not as ambiguous.

Excerpt from the memoir, In the Heart of the Lily, copyright 2007, Jan Baumgartner.

Content cannot be reprinted without express permission from the author.

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A native Californian, Jan Baumgartner is a freelance writer currently living in Maine. Her background includes scriptwriting, comedy writing for the Northern California Emmy Awards, and travel writing for The New York Times. She has worked as a grant writer for the non-profit sector in the fields of academia, AIDS, and wildlife conservation and anti-poaching for NGO's in the U.S. and Africa. Her articles and essays have appeared in numerous online and print publications in the U.S. and internationally, including the NYT, Bangor Daily News, SCOOP New Zealand, Wolf Moon Journal, Media for Freedom Nepal, and Banderas News in Mexico. She's finishing a memoir about her husband's death from ALS and how travels in Africa became one of her greatest sources of inspiration and hope. She is a Managing Editor for OpEdNews.