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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.
The trip kicked off on Saturday morning, 7th June 2014. On board was a KWS warden Mr. Steve Okoth, Samburu National Reserve warden Gabreil Lolkipaengi, Osotoa Wildlife Foundation representative Tom Lolosoli, Alex Lekalaile, Henry Lenayasa and...
On May 10th 2014, elephants received a significant boost from a new type of supporter. A throng of almost three hundred Hollywood stars, film producers and directors, artists and celebrities attended an evening gala that raised $2.1 million for...
Mountain Bull was killed by poachers last week. The poachers used poison tipped spears. Although we will never know what his last hours were like, we can assume they were spent in agony – a mix of pain and rage, giving way to a horrific death...
Last year I wrote a blog about my first collaring operation here at STE. After tracking these elephants’ movements on google earth in October I finally had the opportunity to see the first stage of the process, the fitting of the...
Three wildlife conservation groups operating in Africa and Asia are hailing tomorrow’s ivory burn in Hong Kong as a moral, and necessary, step in halting the ongoing slaughter of Africa’s elephants. African Wildlife Foundation (AWF),...
How often do you come across wildlife interacting so harmoniously with human technology? Well, maybe once in a life time or just about never if you are not lucky enough to be among the Save The Elephants team! I usually wake up at 7.15 am but today...
The Elephant Crisis Fund, a joint initiative created by Save the Elephants and Wildlife Conservation Network, is thrilled to announce a $1 million grant from the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation. The grant will be used to save elephants from the...
The Samburu research camp is not the regular kind of research ground you come across. With respect to efficiency and competence, the area carefully blends the four fundamental Rs of Research, Recreation, Restoration...
Last month, faithful Save the Elephants (STE) followers might remember that a large tusker named Matt gave us quite the scare when he lost his collar in Northern Kenya. Well, when I say, “lost his collar”, what I really mean is that he...
Part of STE’s mission is to promote man’s delight in the intelligence of elephants and the diversity of their world. To that end we are proud to announce the launch of our new website, a platform designed to help us share this awareness more...
