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Scaling coexistence across East Africa
A middle-aged woman stood beside sacks of freshly harvested maize, more than she could ever remember harvesting in recent years.
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Turning uncertainty into purpose
When Yvonne Seline Ekesa received her university admission letter to study Conservation Biology at Kenyatta University, her first reaction… confusion.
Twins in Samburu/Buffalo Reserves
Save the elephants long term monitoring team normally goes out in the field almost every-other day. On 26-Sep-06 we received a report from Kenya Wildlife Services, who are based in a nearby complex that a female elephant had given birth to twins in...
Anastasia and Grace…
Today we saw one of those elephant behaviours which make us wonder what is going on in the heads of these complex, conscious beings. The Royals are the largest family unit of elephants we have identified within Samburu, Buffalo Springs and Shaba...
Elephants of the Red Volta
In July this year, EarthWatch Institute (Europe) offered Save the Elephants a fully-funded place on one of its projects, Elephants of the Red Volta in Ghana-African capacity building programme. The Project aims to provide information to conserve the...
STE awarded The Special Achievement in GIS
At the 26th ESRI User Conference 2006, Save the Elephants was awarded The Special Achievement in GIS Award by Jack Dangermond. During the award presentation, Jack the President and founder of ESRI hailed Save the Elephants for the highly...
Report on the death of Mohammad Sime
Mohammad Sime was a young man of the Borana tribe who lived in Isiolo. He earned his living selling bracelets and other jewellery to the tourists at the Buffalo Springs airstrip. In this way, he was well known to Iain and Oria, who often use this...
The Story of Dorobo
A year ago George Wittemyer reported a new elephant and her family sighted within Buffalo Springs National Reserve, the first time this had happened in six years. George made a careful analysis of the age structure of Dorobo and the six calves, and...
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...
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...
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...