Iain Douglas-Hamilton Wins Wildlife Conservation Award
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
Elephant Expert Iain Douglas-Hamilton Receives 2010 Indianapolis Prize
Indianapolis Zoo Press Release
June 3, 2010
WASHINGTON, June 3, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Relentless in his lifelong devotion to the elephants’ survival, Save the Elephants founder Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Ph.D., has been named the 2010 recipient of the Indianapolis Prize, the world’s leading award for animal conservation. In recognition for his lifetime achievements, Dr. Douglas-Hamilton will receive $100,000 and the Lilly Medal at a gala ceremony presented by Cummins Inc. on Sept. 25, 2010, at The Westin Hotel in Indianapolis.
The colorful career of Iain Douglas-Hamilton has included being squashed by a rhino, targeted by poachers, and poked by elephants’ tusks. He has suffered malaria, hepatitis and other diseases so exotic most people have never even heard of them – not to mention the plane crashes he has survived. He has persevered through severe droughts and a flood so powerful it washed away years of research. So why does he endure all this? One reason – to save elephants.
Article at the following link:
http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/indianapoliszoo/44156/
For further information on elephants please see Save the Elephants’ web site
at http://www.savetheelephants.org
