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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.
With demand for ivory surging in the Far East, more and more people are being caught trying to smuggle ivory out of Kenya. Police, the Kenya Wildlife Service, port and customs officials are working hard to stop the criminals in their tracks before...
Jerenimo Lepirei is the STE name on everyone’s lips. Hailing from sleepy Archers post in Samburu, Jerenimo is determined to charge through as leader in conservation. After four years proving himself as a dynamic and resourceful research...
Heritage was a bull who was collared as part of Save the Elephants’ collaboration with the Mara Elephant Project. His movements were helping reveal for the first time how the Maasai Mara’s bull elephants use their environment. This information...
Cirrocumulus was an exceptional elephant. Almost 2.5 meters at the shoulder and wearing long and full tusks, she looked older than 23. She was the only breeding female left from a small family called the Clouds 2. Cirrocumulus had one calf, a...
On my way back home to the USA, I reflected on my time in Kenya with the Elephants and Bees Project and Save The Elephants...That was the craziest, most random, and challenging adventure I've ever had in my life. The majority of my time there, I had...
Contrary to many media reports, the news for elephants was generally positive.CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) is an international agreement between governments that aims to ensure that...
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...
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 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...
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...
