‘A Good Year for Species’: Conservationist Vivek Menon on His Journey From the Wild to World Leadership

‘A Good Year for Species’: Conservationist Vivek Menon on His Journey From the Wild to World Leadership

As a teenager, Vivek Menon was handed a book by his father — Among the Elephants by Iain Douglas-Hamilton. The moment he flipped through its pages, he was captivated by the gentle giants. “To read about the British Oxford don who left the comforts of the West to live in Africa among the elephants was fascinating,” he recalls. Years later, he would count himself fortunate to be mentored by Hamilton himself. Among the many bonds Menon holds dear, …