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Save the Elephants has been unrelenting in its mission to reach out to the Chinese people in an effort to reduce the demand for ivory and stop the illegal killing of elephants. This week we hosted the film actress Li Bingbing, one of China's...

After the success of Uffe on Tuesday we had high hopes for Leakey today. Leaving before 9am we headed west to see if he was still around. It seemed he may have already crossed to Buffalo Springs and so began formulating a plan to carry out the...

Don’t leave milk in a bottle, unrefrigerated, overnight. It may say ‘Long Life’ on the carton, but that becomes ‘Short Life’ once it has been opened. You will discover your inner-farmer once you wake up and find a form of yoghurt in place...

Over the past few weeks we had been observing good number of big bulls coming into the Reserve from the west. Some are sexually active and others are just feeding, and we thought it would be a perfect opportunity for a collaring or two. The vet was...

Save the Elephants has been busy restructuring and building our team to better handle the scale and significance of the current elephant crisis. Now more than ever we need to be able to respond fast to the diverse challenges that elephants are...

It is funny to learn the differing perceptions of people and cultures; something very apparent in a camp atmosphere where we - a mix of culture, ethnicity and background - spend everyday with each other. Here are two examples;Every morning I am used...

It was our great pleasure to host a delegation from Xinhua, China’s state news agency and the world’s largest media outlet, on a visit to Samburu last weekend. The eminent director of Xinhua’s Africa operation, Mr Wang Chaowen, was...

I know my last blog was dark and depressing; so I would like to offer some hopeShe is 20 years old and has two healthy calves whose female calf, incidentally, is also tuskless. She is living a good life so far, with absolutely no visible hardships...

Following Chinese sports star Yao Ming’s tour of Africa last year I was invited to Beijing for the official launch of his Ivory & Rhino Horn Campaign. This major push to raise public awareness about the impacts of buying Ivory and Rhino horn has...

Take a moment and imagine a giant bull. One who towers over tourist vans and casts shadows on the rest of the herds. A male so dominating, one stamp of his foot and the other males would retreat. A male who had first pick of every female when in...