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In August, we received an exciting ‘text message’ from Arden, a tracked female from one of Samburu National Reserve’s most renowned elephant families, the Royals. The ‘text’ was sent from her GSP tracking collar directly to our researchers...
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Over the past few months, our conservation education teams have been actively engaged in a series of impactful field activities.
Saba Douglas-Hamilton of Elephant Watch Safaris gives her first-hand account of the bittersweet story of Cherie, a female elephant from Samburu, and her orphaned calf Sokotei.
STE's David Daballen gives an update on Sokotei, Cherie's orphan calf.
It is a pleasure to be able to write again. I have been with Save the Elephants for almost 10 months now, following our known individuals on a near daily basis and collecting dung samples for my future graduate research. Amid the mounting tasks of...
South Africa, until recently, has been largely spared from the illegal elephant killing scourge which has ravished the rest of Africa. In as little as 30 years, the southern states have become the last stronghold for the continental population of...
How fast time flies when you are busy and enjoying yourself in the process. I simply cannot believe how quick one and a half months have flown. The truth is this experience has been an unforgettable one like waking up at 2:30am in the morning to...
River Ewaso Ng’iro has returned and so have some elephants from sporadic families that leave the park during the dry season. Some more virtues, Mitis (trees), Planets and the First Ladies are back in the reserve. It was so exciting to meet...
As an aspiring conservation biologist (yes, that is what I write as my profession on passport control forms), especially one seeking opportunities with megafauna in Africa, I am often asked what I actually do. Beyond the funny anecdotes of the...
The Long Term Monitoring over the last couple of days has had mixed observations. One day there are almost no elephants in the Samburu National Reserve and the next we see huge numbers of sporadic groups coming back. The virtues are back and in...
Field work is an exciting part of the day and this week alongside Long Term Monitoring I took part in the Mammal Census. Mammal census is the process in which all the mammals which have been identified to be living in the Samburu and Buffalo Springs...
As we get into the intense part of the drought there is a deep longing for the rains to commence. It would be amazing for the Samburu wildlife, not to mention greatly reduce the conflict between the Samburu and Turkana. Save the elephants is not...
