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Elephants Hit the Big Screen in the US
The U.S. tour of A Life Among Elephants began with a premiere at the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital (DCEFF) in Washington, DC, where the film made its U.S.
End of an Era – In Memory of Mac
On the 31st October 2013, the Section Ranger at The Kruger National Park, Karien Keet, reported that a large tusked elephant had been found dead. Further examination of the recovered collar revealed that the carcass belonged to Mac, a...
The Large Elephant Monitoring Programme: Committed to saving the ‘Great Tuskers’
On the morning of 21st November 2013, Richard Moller, Chief Conservation Officer at the Tsavo Trust was out carrying out his usual aerial recce with a Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) ranger. While flying over Kishushe ranch near Tsavo National Park in...
Chasing Cattle to Save Elephants
On November 20th, I received an urgent call from Iain Craig, Director of Conservation at the Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT): Cattle rustlers on the attack! Ian and his team were already hot in pursuit, but needed Save the Elephants' landscape...
Pleasant transformations in sights and sounds of Samburu
As the grey skies and thunderous clouds drive wildlife and tourists into hiding, at the STE camp, our daily activities continue as usual. Daudi and Chris are hopping into the nearest car to embark on yet another task, while Lembara, the old and...
Crushing Ivory… And hopefully demand!
On the 14th of November The United States of America sent a strong message to the world: We won't stand for the killing of elephants. America is one of the top destinations for ivory smuggled out of Africa, and also serves as an important transit...
The Protective Beehive Fence
Understanding the world of crop raiding and the basis of human-elephant conflict experienced by farmers around wilderness areas is what I have majorly been involved in as one of Dr Lucy King’s interns under the Save the Elephant’s- Elephants and...
Collaring a Legend
It was just a regular evening at STE research camp. We were sitting around the dinner table chatting and keeping an eye out for our genet friend, when David casually dropped into the conversation "So tomorrow there might be an attempt to...
New Arrivals
Baby elephants are perhaps the cutest things on the planet. And this blog is basically just an excuse to show you lots of adorable pictures of them! Last year there was a baby boom here in Samburu. In 2009 the area suffered from a severe...
iWorry for the Future of Elephants
Sir David Attenborough recently asked: 'Are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?' All around the world, the answer to this question was a resounding 'No!' A trumpet for...
The Elephant Crisis Fund off to a Flying Start
Saturday 12th October in San Francisco was a big day for wildlife lovers in the US. More than a thousand wildlife aficionados from across the continent congregated at the annual WCN Expo to meet conservationists who are working around the world to...