Stories

Field Update from Samburu

I came out here towards the end of January and have been busy with finalising all the student selections and getting them off to school. A lot of interesting things have happened up here in Samburu. Please read on...Students - Nine (9) kids went off...

Intimate Valentine’s dinner for the Elephants

An intimate Valentine's dinner and concert benefitting Save the Elephants was held in Seattle...On 14th February 2006, Jazz musician Kenny G & actor Pierce Brosnan came together and held a "Save the Elephants" Valentine's Day benefit whose proceeds...

Veterinary Report On The Immobilization of Elephants in Marsabit

Considering the terrain and ground cover by forest and the road structure it was decided that the most practical and possible way to dart the animal in this area was on foot.The elephants were located either by car, air or through information from...

New Elephant Family in Buffalo Springs

The most interesting bit of news is regarding a new family identified in Buffalo Springs.We have occasionally come across unknown, very wild groups on the southern border or outside the Buffalo boundary. It has been over 6 years, however, since we...

Wilderness First Aid Training

31st May - 2nd June 2005 On Monday 30th May 2005, David Gachuche, Benard Lesowapir and I drove to Samburu to attend a Wilderness First Aid Course which was conducted by Nick Miller of Rift Valley Adventure.Other people also attending the course...

The Recovery of Columbus’ Collar

Columbus was fitted with a Lotek 2000 collar on the 7th of November 2003. He was last seen by the Save the Elephant's long term monitoring team on the 12th of Dec 2003 in Samburu National Reserve (SNR) - a month after the collar was fitted.In April...

Education Programme

Education Party 2005 We held our first Annual Education Party on Saturday the 26th of March. A few students started arriving a couple of days prior to the party and assisted with the arrangements.Schools closed on the 23rd and 24th of March before...

The Death of Eleanor

Eleanor one of our elephants collapsed and on 11th October 2003, she died. Below is an eyewitness story by one of our researchers.On the 10th of October 2003, the Save the Elephants research team in Samburu were informed by the rangers that an...

5Y AOT Crash!

Our most loved plane Alpha Oscar Tango, a Cessna 185, crashed in Samburu on Sept. 11th at 6:15pm when it hit a zebra on landing. Iain and his researcher David Daballen managed to scramble out of the windows and both got away with some minor cuts and...

August Internship 2003

It was very successful and more recently, we invited two other students to our research centre. We welcomed two girls, Halima and Patina to STE in August. They were both incredibly keen to learn more about our work and were thrilled when they heard...