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Lawrence Anthony in ElleMen Mag "In the midst of sandstorms, gunfire and guerrilla warfare, Lawrence Anthony flew to Iraq and drove alone through 500 miles of desert to rescue the animals of the Baghdad Zoo. This wasn’t Anthony’s first epic animal rescue; and it’s unlikely to be his last. The KwaZulu-Natal conservationist is committed to protecting vulnerable animals. In 2007, when rebels assumed control of the Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, threatening already endangered white rhinos and pygmy giraffes, Anthony boldly negotiated a ceasefire in the surrounding area. Locally, his conservation work is focused on the rehabilitation of elephants at Thula Thula, the luxury private game reserve he owns in KZN.