Stories

The Long Term Monitoring over the last couple of days has had mixed observations. One day there are almost no elephants in the Samburu National Reserve and the next we see huge numbers of sporadic groups coming back. The virtues are back and in...

Field work is an exciting part of the day and this week alongside Long Term Monitoring I took part in the Mammal Census. Mammal census is the process in which all the mammals which have been identified to be living in the Samburu and Buffalo Springs...

As we get into the intense part of the drought there is a deep longing for the rains to commence. It would be amazing for the Samburu wildlife, not to mention greatly reduce the conflict between the Samburu and Turkana. Save the elephants is not...

The joint announcement made on 26th September that the world’s two great nations, China and America, have agreed to end the ivory trade within their borders is a significant moment in the battle to save elephants. Together China and the US hold...

The Global March for elephants and Rhinos, Nairobi Chapter was EPIC! We had rangers, students, corporates, bikers, cyclists, roller bladers, vuvuzelas, Kenyan flags, placards and banners reading “Save the Elephants” “Secure their Future” and...

We can’t forget the day Koyaso stood up in front of the crowd, confessing he had been a poacher for 17 years, and that he was done. 17 years. In that time, he had trained several men to follow in his footsteps, and now, he was calling them all out...

Google Earth has been working with Save the Elephants for the last ten years now. Our working relationship has been productive in many ways. In the last few years, with the support of the county government, there have been negotiations between...

As I arrive in camp there is already great sense of co-operation among the members of different conservancies within the Samburu National Reserve updating each other on the whereabouts of different elephants. Within a few minutes I was learning...

I was distracted by the call of blue-naped mousebird, so distracted that I had forgotten that our vehicle was surrounded on all sides by a large herd of elephants. As I glanced off to my left to spot the source of the bird call, a stiff gust of wind...

Anantara is aiming to raise funds and awareness for Asia’s elephants by partnering with a major new public art exhibition in Bangkok. The luxury hotel, resort and spa brand, which forms part of the Minor International, has teamed up with Elephant...