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Craig the elephant, and the promise and problem of wildlife icons

When a famous animal suffers, people call for it to be saved, sometimes followed by demanding its lifelong care. Such interventions rarely hold any conservation value. Unless a species is critically endangered, where every individual matters, saving an individual rarely changes the trends that matter to itspopulation as a whole

26 Feb 2026 6:45 am