Stories

The Wired Wilderness – Google StreetView in Samburu

Google Earth has been working with Save the Elephants for the last ten years now. Our working relationship has been productive in many ways. In the last few years, with the support of the county government, there have been negotiations between...

Settling in

As I arrive in camp there is already great sense of co-operation among the members of different conservancies within the Samburu National Reserve updating each other on the whereabouts of different elephants. Within a few minutes I was learning...

No Sudden Movements

I was distracted by the call of blue-naped mousebird, so distracted that I had forgotten that our vehicle was surrounded on all sides by a large herd of elephants. As I glanced off to my left to spot the source of the bird call, a stiff gust of wind...

Anantara gets artistic to support Asian elephant conservation

Anantara is aiming to raise funds and awareness for Asia’s elephants by partnering with a major new public art exhibition in Bangkok. The luxury hotel, resort and spa brand, which forms part of the Minor International, has teamed up with...

Geo-Fencing

Kimani was the first elephant to be collared and tested under the Geofencing. He became the focus of the Ol Pejeta management due to his considerable skill in breaking expensive fences.

STE and Google Earth

Conservation has inextricable links with information technology, and innovative solutions to conservation problems now abound.

The Desert Elephants of Mali

Satellite tracking of elephants living near Timbuktu has revealed the secret of their survival in the savage conditions of Mali’s desert.

Clinton Global Initiative (CGI)

STE have helped bring together a coalition, which could change the future for elephants. A new dawn for elephants broke on 26th September, when Hillary and Chelsea Clinton brokered an $80m partnership to bring an end to the ivory poaching crisis.

Creating Elephant Ambassadors (Mobile Education)

The tutorial titled ‘Living in Harmony with Elephants’ makes use of photos, video clips, visual aids, posters and both indoor and outdoor physical exercises, pulling children out of the rigmarole of normal lessons into a captivating scene that allows them

Samburu Mornings

I woke up in my Nairobi hotel room to the sounds of cars honking and lorry engines roaring in the street below. It was early, the sun had just risen, but the city had begun to stir long before. I found that I felt well rested and excited, which was...