Sundowners with Lucille

By Sara Verk

African Penguin Awareness Day is dedicated to raising worldwide awareness about the plight of the endangered African penguin, the only penguin native to the African continent.

By Pat Lalonde

On September 24^th we celebrate World Gorilla Day which was started in 2017 to celebrate the gorilla and to take action in protecting them in the wild.  That specific date was chosen as it is the same day that Dian Fossey established Karisoke Research Center in 1967.

By Ella Lurie Tollman

Having been born a Tollman, I suppose it’s no surprise that travel has been such an important part in the first twenty years of my life. Though I grew up and currently live in Los Angeles – while Zooming into college at NYU – my earliest memories are of time spent with my family exploring the bush in South Africa, then later visiting cousins around the world and on family trips like the one above, in Paris.

By Sara Verk

On World Elephant Day and every other day, we must celebrate these magnificent creatures in non- exploitative and sustainable environments where they can live free and thrive.