Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)

An Elephant in My Kitchen

- BY FRANÇOISE MALBY-ANTHONY, KATJA WILLEMSEN

Françoise never expected to find herself responsibl­e for a herd of elephants with a troubled past. A chic Parisienne, her life changed forever when she fell in love with South African conservati­onist Lawrence Anthony. Together they founded a game reserve but after Lawrence’s death, Françoise faced the daunting responsibi­lity of running Thula Thula without him. Poachers attacked their rhinos, their security team wouldn’t take orders from a woman and the authoritie­s were threatenin­g to cull their beloved elephant family. On top of that, the herd’s feisty new matriarch Frankie didn’t like her.

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