Stories

With the growing success of our Elephants and Bees Project in Africa, (see www.elephantsandbees.com), there has been increasing interest from elephant projects in Asia to see if we can export our beehive fence idea to help Asian farmers from Asian...

Outcry in Kenya is rising as a crime boss alleged to be a major force behind Kenya’s ivory trade remains a free man despite a warrant for his arrest being issued six weeks ago. Citizens are demanding to know why low-level poachers and...

As the ongoing poaching crisis has developed we identified a need for ranger patrols within Samburu and adjacent areas to be more mobile. The last vehicle that was donated had come to the end of its useful field life, and a new Toyota Land...

Save the Elephants is working with community conservancies and schools to help the children who live in the elephant rangelands. This is the future generation that will inherit all the economic, social and environmental challenges that we humans...

Sunday the 20th was the day; it was all excitement around STE's research camp for a big ceremony to hand over a new car. The Toyota Landcruiser, fully outfitted for anti-poaching work, was given to the game rangers of Samburu National Reserve to...

Chinese Vice Premier Liu emphasised his government’s commitment to protecting elephants at a high level meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Beijing this week. Yao Ming, former basketball player and China’s biggest star, was also...

Before this year, I had never stepped out of East Africa. Being so used to the landscape, the people, our ways, nothing could have prepared me for the adventure that has become 2014. Last year I applied for the International Visitor Leadership...

In the aftermath of the first Environmental Assembly of the UN (UNEA), many reports, resolutions and opinions are flying about on wildlife trade. Just today, I read one on how ivory trade is “big business in China.” I wouldn’t have batted...

We couldn't find him anywhere. We had circled all of the watering holes where Satao, one of the biggest remaining Tuskers in Tsavo, Kenya, spent most of his time. Richard Moller was up front in his Supercub patrol aircraft, shaking his head. As...

"You are so so black! The sun must be very hot in Africa!" This was the curious awe we were greeted with when we visited over 90 children in two schools in Xiamen. I really wish we could have seen more of them. These vast schools we're filled,...