Hi Cynthia! Im a new fan of the all the hard work you and the organization goes through to relay information and conservation policies. This is a little off topic, but has there been any signs of elephant culling in the they area you are working at? I understand the drought has been a major issue. Im hoping best for all the elephants (and ither animals) in need!

Johnny W

Something is clearly wrong with the climate.

I live in Vancouver, one of the wettest places on the planet. It rained the entire month of November, without stopping.

And now, as I write, we're in the middle of a deep freeze, with blue skies, a stiff Arctic wind and sub-zero temperatures. Incredibly, it's been like this for eight days, with the end still nowhere in sight.

Climatologists clearly don't know what they're talking about: This is an El Nino year for the U.S. Pacific Northwest, which means damp and warmer-than-usual temperatures. The precise opposite, in other words, of what we're seeing now.

I pray for rain for the drought-stricken animals.

On a positive note, I will be in Amboseli soon — and in Vancouver, we often say, somewhat cynically perhaps, that the fricking rain follows Vancouverites wherever we go when we're trying to escape the perpetual damp. Perhaps I'll bring the rain with me. Let's hope.

Wonderful, Cynthia. Keep doing your rain dance. Surely soon Amboseli will get many hours of rain in one day.

Good to hear. I do hope more rain will follow and a new circle will commence.

I just watched a few nights ago Echo Queen of Elephants and this is all so amazing to me. It is snowing here right now in NY and very cold. I wish I could do more for these poor animals who cant even get something so simple as rain....its crazy to think how we can take something so simple as rain for granted.

Great news. Its unfair that some countries have so much rain whilst Amboseli has so little. Lets hope and pray that much more will come so that all the animals can survive.

Good news indeed! We have more rain than we could possibly want here in England at the moment. I keep wishing we could ship some of it down to you. I will keep praying for more for you.