Let there be peace!
====================== Leslie Mertz, Ph.D.
I am passing along the very sad news that world-renowned elephant
researcher Jeheskel "Hezy" Shoshani was killed in the bombing of a
public minibus taxi in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He had been returning
home from Addis Ababa University, where he had been teaching for the
past year and a half, when the explosion occurred on Tuesday evening.
He suffered massive trauma and died on
Wednesday morning. His wife Sandra sent out word of the tragedy
yesterday from Hezy's e-mail address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Condolences have been arriving from around the world. In a beautiful
gesture, the Cranbrook Institute of Science has honored Hezy's life
and work by naming its display elephant skeleton "Hezy." If you knew
Hezy or knew of his work, I'm sure that Sandra would appreciate a
kind word.
