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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.
I finally got the chance to visit STE research camp in Samburu and I must say I picked the perfect time to visit. I spent 3days there a couple of weeks back and it was absolutely beautiful and breathtaking. The weather was amazing, due to the rains...
5th - 10th December, 2011 At the Air Gallery, Mayfair, London The Francesca Sanders December 2011 Exhibition in Mayfair, London showcases Francesca's work developed through parternships with East African conservation groups over the last two years....
On the 18th June 2011 Lucy King, our Chief Operations Officer, was awarded a Doctorate of Philosophy in Zoology from the University of Oxford. Lucy’s thesis “The interaction between the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) and the African honey...
Who is Wendy you ask? In the vast land of Samburu in Kenya, under the covers of acacia trees live so many families of elephants. Each elephant has been identified and named using very unique and distinct characteristics such as the patterning of the...
Its still harsh in Samburu, very hot and dry indeed, no signs of rains soon. It was very amazing to find people enjoying bathing with the camp’s hard and salty water like twice or thrice a day. The week started with day to day monitoring of...
Heyya Everyone!!My name is Nasrin Suleiman and I’m privileged to be interning at STE. I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Environmental management from Monash University in Malaysia some time back. My aim is to gain enough experience from...
I arrived in Samburu on 28th September, 2011 at around 9.30 pm. I was very tired after a long journey from Nairobi. The following day, I was familiarizing with the environment at the research camp. It was cool with birds singing everywhere, the most...
Hello Everyone!I am Fraizer, very lucky and grateful to be considered for internship with Save The Elephants for the month of September 2011. I am a graduate with Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Management from Moi University, Kenya. I reported at...
I am settling into the rhythm of camp life. It is easy to wake with the sun in morning. Gone is my alarm clock. Gone also are mirrors, extra clothes, appointments, classes, and a whole lot of stress. How refreshing! Chai or breakfast in the morning...
These are just a few of the elephant families to whom I have had the pleasure of being introduced during my first days in Samburu. I arrived on July 24 to begin a three and a half week internship with Save the Elephants. I am entering my senior year...
