FIGHT, FLIGHT, PLAY AND BREATHE

The August issue indulges with freeze frame animal moments, Jami Tarris‘s photographic interpretations capture animal behaviour as they “fight, flight, play and breathe". These superb images provide a visual link between highly endangered animals and people – substantiating the importance of relationships between all mammals. See these moments come alive on page 41.

Also featured this month: James Gifford’s View from the top takes you to a new level of understanding Ethiopia’s Simien Mountains National Park and its exceptional wildlife. The challenges that it faces are as unique as its animals, and the path ahead is by no means a straight forward one.

Emma Borg reports on the African wild dog, visiting John ‘Tico’ McNutt, whose rigorous and wide ranging research programme has been quietly changing the way these endangered canids are perceived for more than 20 years.

Plus: Seeking a career break or taking a gap year? Mike Unwin spends time with All Out Africa, an organisation based in Swaziland. He investigates this non profit volunteer programme and how it lives up to its mission statement – to support projects that benefit children, the environment and wildlife.

Experience the best of this amazing continent with Africa Geographic – find it on sale in all good bookstores or visit www.africageographic.com.