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Still Legal In 43 States, Predator Killing Contests Defy Science and Ethics
The January sun is weak by early afternoon. Grass, brittle and brown. Low-lying cactus punctuate the open area strewn with small rocks and a smattering of mesquite trees. Jake and his friends use an ATV to drive far from town along a well-used dirt road. “What’s the plan?” one of the guys in the backseat asks Jake. A slight pause. “Kill shit; get money.” Jake and his three buddies are participating in the West Texas Big Bobcat Contest. Over the next 23 hours, this foursome w

Kim Frank
Aug 19, 202218 min read


The Elephant in the Hourglass: Reckoning and Hope Along the Himalaya.
Our story begins at the foothills of eastern Himalaya, in a tightly packed landscape known as the “Chicken Neck of India’ where wild...

Kim Frank
Aug 19, 20226 min read


Keepers of Ganesh: The Lost Art of Mahout
Most mornings, they meet in the forest as the night sounds wane and crows of roosters mark daybreak. The black sky becomes a tinted blue,...

Kim Frank
Apr 2, 202014 min read


A Sacred Covenant At Risk
Photographer Avijan Saha Has Devoted The Past Six Years To Documenting The Human-elephant Conflict Along The Mechi River Region In Northern

Kim Frank
Feb 24, 20198 min read


Kathy Sullivan Explores… Children, Writing, and Elephants with Kim Frank
I’m Kathy Sullivan, the only person to have walked in space and gone to the deepest point in the ocean. I’m an explorer, and that doesn’t

Kim Frank
Oct 17, 20182 min read
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