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On Thursday 17th
November 2011, Dr. Iain Douglas-Hamilton will be giving a talk at the Royal
Geographic Society (RGS), London, for TUSK on technology for conservation.
Doors open at 6:00pm. |
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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 bee (Apis mellifera scutellata) and its potential application as an
elephant deterrent” gained much publicity worldwide and at a meeting in the
Zoological Museum Alexander Koenig in Bonn, Lucy was voted the winner of the
UNEP/CMS Thesis Award 2011. The thesis is an emphasise on what Save The Elephants
is doing to support communities living with elephants in our mission to develop
a tolerant relationship between the two. An outstanding achievement! ...more Click here to learn more about the award Click here to read the IFAW’s blog on this award |
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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. Having heard of the significant work of Save The Elephants in particular, she made two extended trips to their research camp in Samburu between 2010-2011. Here she joined the team in their research trips, where she was not only able to sketch and study their anatomy and movements...more |
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On July 20 2011, Save the Elephants team led by the Founder and CEO, Dr. Iain Douglas-Hamilton attended a public event held at the Kenya Wildlife Service training school in Manyani to witness the burning of over 300 confiscated tusks and processed ivory, set on fire by Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki. This move is a message to the world that Kenya is against any form of Ivory trade. The day also marked the first national celebration of the African Elephant Law Enforcement Day. Dr Iain Douglas-Hamilton was interviewed and took a strong stand on stopping the demand. Click here for one of his interviews and some photos. |
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The article "Agony and Ivory" by Alex Shoumatoff is now available online at the Vanity Fair web site Click here for an accompanying 4-minute video and here for a photo slide show.
*a hard copy of the August Issue is available on the newsstands. (there are some photographs in the hard copy that are not online.)
The article above is now available in Chinese. CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE ARTICLE IN CHINESE 在非洲大地上，每天都有象群在为逝去的同伴悲恸哀鸣。 |
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National Geographic Channel's Great Migrations is a seven-part global television event that takes viewers around the world on the arduous journeys millions of animals undertake to ensure the survival of their species. Shot from land and air, in trees and cliff-blinds, on ice floes and underwater, Great Migrations tells the formidable, powerful stories of many of the planet's species and their movements, while revealing new scientific discoveries with breathtaking high-definition clarity |
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On May 16, at 8 PM ET/EP, The Secret Life of Elephants premiered on Animal Planet in a two-hour journey through the lives of more than 900 elephants that roam Kenya’s National Samburu Reserve. From the producers of LIFE and PLANET EARTH, THE SECRET LIFE OF ELEPHANTS, shot in glorious high definition, provides an intimate window into what it’s really like to be an elephant by focusing on several dozen of these creatures
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We extend our sincere thanks to everyone who contributed so generously to the rebuilding of our research facility, destroyed by flooding on March 4th, 2010. Due to the tremendous and overwhelming support of our friends and donors especially in the US and in UK, we have now exceeded our initial target of £100,000 |
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