Head of Brookfield Zoo, Stuart Strahl’s, personal crusade to save the elephant from extinction

Head of Brookfield Zoo, Stuart Strahl’s, personal crusade to save the elephant from extinction
Head of Brookfield Zoo, Stuart Strahl’s, personal crusade to save the elephant from extinction

Head of Brookfield Zoo, Stuart Strahl’s, personal crusade to save the elephant from extinction

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Stuart Strahl is CEO and President of the Chicago Zoological Society, which runs Brookfield Zoo. Saving the elephant from extinction is his personal passion. He’ll talk with us about his cause and his work through the ‘96elephants’ campaign. Thanks to Kate Sackman of EcoMyths for introducing us to Stuart. PHOTO: FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013 file photo, a member of the veterinary team shouts to others to clear the area as they prepare to revive a tranquilized wild elephant during an elephant-collaring operation near Kajiado, in southern Kenya. The United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) is marking the U.N.’s first ever World Wildlife Day Monday, March 3, 2014 to raise awareness about an illicit global trade in illegal timber, elephant ivory and rhino horns worth an estimated $19 billion. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)