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Forging Futures in Conservation Careers
Conservation partners and Karatina University leadership at the symposium. © Save the Elephants/Karatina University A symposium organised by Save the Elephants to encourage...
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An Adventurer and a Teacher
Naisula in Samburu National Reserve earlier this year © Meha Kumar/Save the Elephants In December 2023, Naisula, the tracked matriarch of the Samburu Ladies, led her herd...
The Sydney World Parks Congress
“The future is, after all, in the hands of the youth,” said Nelson Mandela of the future of conservation in his speech at the IUCN World Parks Congress (WPC) in 2003. Just over a decade later, at the sixth IUCN World Parks Congress 2014 in...
Anwar the bull
The elephants of Samburu are unusually tame and trusting… Anwar, a young bull, takes his affection to new levels…
Arusha summit on combating illegal wildlife trade and promoting conservation
The regional summit to stop wildlife crime and advance wildlife conservation was held in Arusha, Tanzania between 6th and 8th November 2014. Under the patronage of the Minister for natural resources and tourism, Hon. Lazaro Nyalandu, the summit was...
Frank Pope speaks at the San Francisco Elephant March 2014
On October 4th, Save the Elephants had teams walking in Nairobi, Vancouver and San Francisco during the Global March for Elephants and Rhinos.
Bye-Bye Babies – leaving Samburu in a baby boom
Finally, after over a year in Samburu, the time has come for me to head home. I am trying my best not to feel too heartbroken about leaving my friends and of course my elephants to return to the cold wet winter of the UK. And although I am not...
UNITED IN A GLOBAL MARCH FOR ELEPHANTS & RHINOS
The Global March for elephants and rhinos had been hyped for months now, and come October 4th 2014, wildlife enthusiasts in 136 cities and towns across six continents marched in what is said to be the biggest global wildlife protest ever. The...
Treating Lomunyak
In the last few months Samburu has, thankfully, been very quiet. Poaching incidents and wounded elephants sightings have been rare, though we occasionally hear of incidents far to the west in Oldonyiro area and around Mukokodo forest. 3rd October...
Tsavo Tuskers dealing with a modern Africa
Tsavo Tusker coded LU1 and friends showing the challenges of living in a modern Africa. Here they are crossing the Mombasa Road on the 4th October 2014. Filmed by Richard Moller of the Tsavo...
New York Meetings Grow Coalition
A series of meetings in New York in late September have further cemented the growing global coalition to save elephants.During a speech the Annual Summit (which you can view here) convened by the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), President Ali Bongo...
Little Miracles
Today, my blog is not about elephants. Well… it’s not just about elephants. The day was young but the sun was already a fierce burning ball in the blue, blue sky above camp. Everyone had gathered for chai (tea, or more broadly, breakfast)...