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Forging Futures in Conservation Careers
Conservation partners and Karatina University leadership at the symposium. © Save the Elephants/Karatina University A symposium organised by Save the Elephants to encourage...
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An Adventurer and a Teacher
Naisula in Samburu National Reserve earlier this year © Meha Kumar/Save the Elephants In December 2023, Naisula, the tracked matriarch of the Samburu Ladies, led her herd...
Updates from CITES CoP16
We speak in support of Gabon and Congo regarding ivory demand reduction. It is broadly recognized by the scientific community that, at the global level, demand for ivory is the principal driver of the illegal killing of elephants.World demand for...
Researching the fate of wild orphans in Samburu
A new project by Save the Elephants researcher Shifra Goldenberg is going to examine in detail the survival strategies of elephants orphaned by poaching. The elephants of Samburu are the world's best-studied elephant population that is afflicted by...
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s speech at the opening ceremony for the CITES CoP16 in Bangkok
Prime Minister of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra's speech at the opening ceremony for the CITES 16th Conference of the Parties on March 3 in Bangkok, Thailand. She spoke of how the Thai people love and revere elephants as part of their culture; she...
Finally- We’re in!
As I write this post I am sitting on a couch, in an office, with desks, electricity, shelves, and SPACE... That's right; we are officially moved in to the Elephants and Bees Research Center! It is so exciting to have a defined work space, a place to...
Save the Great Tuskers – February Update
Our Save the Great Tuskers project has gained new foundations with the completion of an aircraft hangar in Tsavo to protect the anti-poaching aircraft from the ravages of African sun & rain.Pilot & Chief Conservation Officer Richard Moller has been...
Uplifting Lives through Education
Education continues to be one of the most under-funded sectors in Samburu, and unquestionably one of the most sought after services. For many parents in this region, providing quality education for their children is such an uphill task, that the...
STE’s Lucy King wins prestigious conservation award
The snow and biting cold in Arnhem, Holland, may have been distinctly un-African, but the stars of the annual Future for Nature awards ceremony certainly made up for it.Lucy King, Human-Elephant Conflict Programme Manager for Save the Elephants, was...
Ivory & Insecurity, an evening for elephants at the British High Commissioner’s Residence, Nairobi
On the evening of Monday 18th February over 150 guests gathered at the High Commissioner’s private residence for the event, called “Ivory & Insecurity”. The harmonies of Kenya’s famous Moipei Quartet welcomed the crowd of diplomats, senior...
CITES field diary
The UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Conference of Parties is fast approaching. This is the stage on which the decision to ban trade in ivory was taken in 1989, and where the ban was weakened with one-off stockpile...
Save The Great Tuskers
Our new Save the Great Tuskers campaign takes off!Elephants are the largest beast to walk the Earth today. Among them, the Great Tuskers are king. With their towering presence and vast tusks they appear to belong to another era. Without action they...