If you look back at history, the various Maharajas of the Indian empire actually helped support a whole British industry. The royalty in those days ordered exotic cars in huge numbers. — Mark Shand Copy Share Image
Save the elephants, and then you save the forest - and then you save yourself. — Mark Shand Copy Share Image
Surrounded by a burgeoning human population, Asian elephants have to contend with the spread of settlements and farming, and the demands of rapidly developing… — Mark Shand Copy Share Image
Elephants seek food elsewhere if their route is blocked, and raiding crops and grain stores brings them into conflict with people, often resulting in… — Mark Shand Copy Share Image
You can cut a tree down, and it grows back. Once a species goes, it's gone forever. — Mark Shand Copy Share Image
If you cut down the forest, you know what happens: The whole of Asia turns into a desert. Without water, you're talking civil unrest,… — Mark Shand Copy Share Image
If I was a businessman, I could have made a huge amount of money. But none of that really crossed my mind while I… — Mark Shand Copy Share Image
My flat is a bit like an oriental bazaar. It's filled with the oddest objects from all my travels, and you can't really move… — Mark Shand Copy Share Image
In the central Indian state of Orissa, mining has scarred the landscape, and it is already too late to secure most of the traditional… — Mark Shand Copy Share Image
When you look at elephant herds that are nonstressed, the males are never around. They mate, they go; they're loners. — Mark Shand Copy Share Image
Elephants love to play around. They are very intelligent animals. They have a strong bond, at times stretching to several decades, with their mahouts. — Mark Shand Copy Share Image
