Illustrations by Matt Rota. Source photographs courtesy the author 9/5/22 Emirates flight to Dubai; passengers predominantly Indian and Arab. Watched some Middle Eastern TV shows just to see what they were like. They were moronic melodramas. Bar and restaurant on plane. Prayer times listed on TV screens in the bar conflicting message? (Aren’t Muslims not supposed […]
When luxury safari hotel Shompole Lodge opened in Kenya in 2000, it was an overnight sensation. For $630 a night, guests could gaze at elephants and zebras while soaking in an infinity pool. Ten thousand hectares, nearly 25,000 acres, of communally-owned Maasai land had been set aside for an experiment in “community-based conservation,” and 30% […]
Last month, three stray lions pounced on cattle in Mwenezi district in Zimbabwe's Masvingo province, wasting no time as they devoured three cows belongi