Elephant Conservation Gifts

"I feel kind of responsible. When the General said he wanted to cross the Alps and march to Rome I just laughed and said, 'That's a long trip. I guess we better pack along some trunks.'"

"We found the poor thing stranded on the beach last summer and decided to adopt it."

Indian rajah rowing elephant in a monsoon flood.

'He's not a pet. He's an endangered species.'

Polluted geese

"Cross-breeding oops #1." "The Cougadooodle"

"I just assumed that the whale we adopted would stay in the ocean."

The interested bystanders.

"This has nothing to do with you ... this is between us and the tree."

"Wild-caught, farm-raised, lab-grown, beach-found, or aquarium-harvested."

"Tallyho!"

"Don't just forage - upcycle!"

"It was a lot more satisfying before 'catch and release.'"

Beaver tower

'What will we do when the ice melts?'

"I've never had a bird's eye view of anything."

"Matthew, did we agree to adopt a whale?"

Save the unicorn.

Zoo: No Hunting.

Jane Goodall's study of primates in the land of oz didn't go as well as her previous projects.

"Only one pailful? Did they have water restrictions like we do?"

Environment Friendly House.

"I think we have run out of time..."

Igloo for birds.

"What's remarkable is that just last week he was lying despondent on the beach."

"Okay, you can keep 'em, but if they grow any bigger, they'll have to sleep in the kitchen."

'Good grief! Aren't you extinct yet?'

'You see, we don't have any children, so he's kind of our baby.'

'The environmental impact study is quite alarming, and this might just be the tip of the iceberg.'

'What do you want to be if there's any world left when we grow up?'

'Boy, being an endangered species is quite hard: I get weighed, tagged, filmed, recorded and studied by scientists: I have no privacy...'

The circus diver.

Ecology.

'By Jove, we've finally found it! the fabled elephants' disco!'

'I don't trust humans: Some times, they throw us bread, some other times, they shoot at us!'