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Iain Douglas-Hamilton
Iain Douglas-Hamilton began his work with elephants in 1966 at Tanzania's Lake Manyara National Park where he was a pioneer in the study of elephant behaviour.In 1969, he met his wife Oria, who joined him in a lifetime passion for elephants.
In 1971, Iain completed a Doctorate at Oxford University on the ecology and behaviour of the African elephant.Two years later, Iain and Oria returned to Tanzania to find that the poaching of elephants had started.Together they produced a television special and wrote the best-selling book Among the Elephants about the elephants of Manyara.
The Douglas-Hamiltons have published numerous scientific papers and worked as researchers and wildlife consultants on a variety of scientific projects and expeditions.Iain Douglas-Hamilton is most famous for his surveys of elephant populations, including the study which produced the first estimate of 1.3 million elephants on the African continent.
Iain Douglas-Hamilton co-authored, with his wife Oria, Battle for the Elephants, one of the best books on elephant ivory trade issues.