1.0Tuskhttps://tusk.orgrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Ur8kQSWHq3"><a href="https://tusk.org/news/introducing-david-daballen/">Introducing Tusk Award 2022 Finalist David Daballen</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://tusk.org/news/introducing-david-daballen/embed/#?secret=Ur8kQSWHq3" width="600" height="338" title="“Introducing Tusk Award 2022 Finalist David Daballen” — Tusk" data-secret="Ur8kQSWHq3" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://tusk.org/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://tusk.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/DSC_4229-David-monitoring-elephants-in-Samburu-National-Reserve-where-numbers-have-drastically-fallen-due-to-drought-and-illegal-overgrazing.-Sarah-Marshall-scaled.jpg25601707Driving through Samburu National Reserve, the landscape is almost unrecognisable. Clouds of dust fill spaces left empty by fallen trees and carpets of greenery have withered into patches of parched dirt. There’s an unnerving silence too. Once as common as the sound of birdsong, not a single trumpeting call or rumble can be heard. “We … Continued