In his speech, Dylan talks about the passionate environmental advocacy his father focused his life on: "Underlying everything Lawrence did was a clear understanding that education is the key to success in reversing mankind's ill-advised and reckless actions where they result in environmental deterioration and the endangerment and loss of species". You can see the speech he gave below (Dylan's speech begins at 2:22): Dylan spoke about his father at that event. In April, the University of KwaZulu-Natal's College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science posthumously awarded Lawrence an honorary Doctor of Science degree. Dylan is also continuing his father's legacy with another wildlife project in a rural area called Camperdown outside Durban, South Africa. Today, the elephants are "completely wild and doing fine" according to Graham Spence, Anthony's brother-in-law and co-author of three books.Īt Thula Thula, the reserve where Anthony lived and where the elephants are today, his son Dylan Anthony continues his father's work through the Earth Organization, which Lawrence founded in 1998. They stood around the house in an apparent vigil for two days, and then dispersed.
After his death, although they were not alerted to the event, a group of wild elephants Anthony helped to rescue and rehabilitate travelled to his house in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal.
Back in March, Lawrence Anthony, a conservationist and author known as "The Elephant Whisperer", passed away.
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