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Elephants Hit the Big Screen in the US
The U.S. tour of A Life Among Elephants began with a premiere at the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital (DCEFF) in Washington, DC, where the film made its U.S.
Monitoring elephants along Mt. Kenya Corridor
In November 2010, the Mt. Kenya Elephant corridor by sponsored largely by Virgin Atlantic was commissioned. The elephant corridor seeks to provide an alternative natural passage for the jumbos in the Ewaso ecosystem, away from their historical...
First impressions-Jessica Powell
Hi everyone, my name is Jesse and I am doing a 7 week internship here at STE in Samburu. I graduated last July in a BSc Hons in Animal Management and am thrilled to have been given the opportunity to gain real field experience in elephant...
A passion for leading jumbos away from conflict
While many would call monitoring wild animals a ‘strange career’ of sorts, to Susie Weeks and Festus Ihwagi, it is a passion, an inspiration. Last weekend, the final touches to the new face of conservation: a migration corridor courtesy of...
A few days elephant spotting by the river….can’t be bad!
I have now completed one of my three weeks at camp and I can’t believe where time is going. I hope the next two weeks don’t go as quick. The weekend has flown by as we have been out carrying out the long term monitoring of the elephants around...
Counting mammals….or should I say dik diks?
After four days at camp slowly working through the first elephant in the collaring data for my project, I headed out into the field with three of the STE team to find some elephants (this is the best medicine for square eyes from staring at an excel...
The fun of data crunching!
I have now moved on from the head office at Nairobi and I am based at the research camp at Samburu National Reserve. After a couple of game drives and two afternoons of rain, I have spent my time here trying to work out the easiest and quickest way...
Gearing up for Samburu
I am now into my second week of my internship and experiencing my last five days at the Nairobi head office before I set off to Samburu National Reserve on Saturday to join the STE research team. I am especially excited now I have spent the weekend...
My first Blog
Habari! Welcome to my first STE intern blog. I will be working with the STE team at both head office and the research camp for a period of two and three weeks respectively. My name is Louise Bell and I have just finished my MSc at the University...
Iain Douglas-Hamilton’s Indianapolis Prize Acceptance Speech
Westin Hotel, Downtown Indianapolis “Alfre Woodard, Fellow conservationists, distinguished Members of the Prize Committees, and all who have come tonight. The Indianapolis Prize and the Lilly Medal is an honour which reminds us of our...
Heather’s Final Blog
Well the past eight weeks have just flown by and the day has arrived for me to wave a fond farewell to STE. I can honestly say it feels like just yesterday I was scaling the broken bridge for the first time, luggage in tow and doses of anxiety and...