Stories

Most of my elephant sightings so far have been happy ones – frolicking about in the safety of the park amongst the abundance of food and water that has come with the rains. But yesterday we came across a female elephant with gun shot wounds, and I...

Last week, during one of our LTM drives with Shifra and Jerenimo, we noticed that the matriarch of the sporadic Rivers family- Euphrates- was bleeding, from what looked like bullet wounds on her left foreleg and right hind leg. She was limping and...

Today I witnessed my first elephant mating. A young female from the Zodiacs family was in estrus. Somehow all the males in the area knew it, and had come for a piece of the action - there were at least 10 bulls in the immediate vicinity...

The peace and tranquillity of Samburu has seeped right into me. Awakening with the (somewhat cacophonic) chirping of various birds and retiring at night with the calls of the wildlife in the surrounding bush, I look forward to the next two months...

Sopa! My name is Laura, and I’m a new intern here at Save the Elephants (STE). I’m originally from Canada, but have been living in England for the past year. I have a background in ecology and mathematics, and am looking forward to using both...

Hello again! As promised, this blog is going to be dedicated to the elephant collaring from last weekend. It was such an exciting event that it most definitely deserves its own section! Last Friday, David Daballen spotted the Empire Family - a...

Today marks the last full day I spend as an STE intern! With Shifra having headed back to the States for some well-deserved home time, for the past week I have been busy updating ID files and filling in LTM data. Jerenimo and David have since been...

I can’t believe how fast my time at STE has flown! I have two weeks left here until I return home to Australia. I will most definitely miss the field above anything else - every time we go out I find it exciting, without exception. Going out in...

Getting an early start to the day has multiple benefits – and watching a family of elephants cross the river is definitely one of them. The way the light reflects on the river makes the group look like giant, graceful silhouettes. Bodies collapse...

Over the last few days I have been working hard helping Gilbert (one of the office staff members) enter the LTM (Long-Term Monitoring) data in to the database. While I enjoy the time I get to spend in the field the most, I have accompanied Shifra...