David Shepherd, world renowned wildlife artist. David Shepherds latest limited edition wildlife prints of Zebras, Jaguars and elephants entitled Zebra Mother and Foal, Etosha; Jaguar and In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro.

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More than half of Africa's elephants were killed by ivory poachers during the 1970's and 80's. Today there are just 600,000 with their Asian cousins catastrophically reduced to fewer than 40,000. 

In 1989 all ivory trade was banned. The markets collapsed and some elephant populations began to recover. But poaching continues and in poorer regions numbers are far from stable. Then in 1997, limited ivory sales were allowed to Japan. Immediately the illegal killing increased.

In July 1999, DSCF funded Kenya's biggest seizure of tusks for ten years. Zambia now holds over 13 tonnes of confiscated ivory representing 1,200 dead elephants, accumulated since DSCF sponsored the burning of their stockpile in 1992. During 1999 over 2.5 tonnes of ivory was seized in the EU alone, including 620kg in Paris whilst being smuggled from Rwanda to Japan in December.

Today the pressure continues as South Africa and others wish to sell more ivory to Japan stimulating market demand while inadequate resources are allocated to wildlife law enforcement.

Perhaps one of the shyest, most elusive of the wild cats, the Jaguar is infrequently seen, preferring to retreat into the deep glades of the South American Rain Forests. As with other big cats, it has paid the penalty for being the owner of a particularly beautiful coat, the demand for which has reduced its numbers in the wild to the point of extinction.