Stories

My name is Nancy Odweyo, I am a conservation biology student at Kenyatta University. I recently got the rare opportunity to intern with Save The Elephants. When I first heard they were going to post me to their research camp in Samburu, I was...

When Yao Ming visited the Kiltermany village outside of Samburu National Reserve in during his trip to Kenya in 2012, he broke their basketball hoop. To be fair, that hoop was probably not designed to withstand the dunking power of a 7’...

Yesterday morning (April 17), we got word that Amayeta, one of our collared elephants, had remained in the same location for many hours. When something like this happens, it’s usually due to two reasons: either the collar fell off or the elephant...

Hello everyone! My name is Yiwei and I am the newest intern for Save the Elephants in Samburu. I hail from California, where I recently completed my PhD work on mountain lions in the Santa Cruz Mountains (santacruzpumas.org). My research focused...

We are so thrilled to announce that our long term Elephants and Bees intern, Robert Mwehe, has secured a fantastic scholarship to do a Masters degree at Yale University in the USA! He will be joining the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental...

We had begun to think that fearless killing within the reserve boundaries was behind us. Although we had one death in December of last year, it has been nothing compared to the slaughter that occured two years ago; the storm appeared to be...

In mid March I returned to the States for the second leg of my Emerging Wildlife Leaders Training, this time to be held in Jacksonville, Florida. To add a twist to my trip, Dr. George Wittemyer had invited me to visit with him and his students...

I’m very happy to pass on the news that The Elephants and Bees Research Center in Sagalla is officially opened! We had a fantastic day on Thursday after lots of preparations such as goat buying, pilau making, agenda planning and blowing up...

Earlier this month Elephants without Borders conducted an independent assessment of Kenya's most important elephant population, in Tsavo. The results back up the findings of the KWS census conducted in February, showing that the region is not in...

Counting a third of Kenya’s elephants in one operation is no small challenge, especially in the vast, trackless expanse of Tsavo, Kenya’s largest protected area. The 48,000 square kilometres must be accurately covered in as short a time as...