Stories

A community project supported by Save The Elephants to define and protect wildlife and livestock corridors in Northern Kenya, has received its first unofficial ‘blessing’ from a wild collared elephant called Kiir. Kiir is the first elephant...

In February last year, Amboseli’s most iconic and active crop-raiding collared elephant, Tim, was speared in the trunk – the third such incident in as many years.   Tim made a full recovery but the threat on his life...

As the African landscape changes, the need to discover where elephants travel and how the expansion of new infrastructure could impact their movement and their lives is more urgent than ever. Understanding elephants as individuals, mapping their...

Around 2 years ago, the idea of opening the northern part of the country as part of the government’s 2030 vision was becoming a reality (lappset). Construction of the high-speed railway, oil pipeline and dual carriage highway were underway....

Born around 1971, Matt has been known to Save the Elephants (STE) researchers since the early years of our Samburu Elephant project. Back then he was among the youngest of the mature bulls. Today he is one of the oldest and largest elephants left in...

Throughout the last year conservation organisations have been discussing the LAPSSET (Lamu Port South Sudan Ethiopia Transport Corridor) railway line and oil pipeline construction. This construction concerns us all because...

Kimani was the first elephant to be collared and tested under the Geofencing. He became the focus of the Ol Pejeta management due to his considerable skill in breaking expensive fences.

Satellite tracking of elephants living near Timbuktu has revealed the secret of their survival in the savage conditions of Mali’s desert.

The tutorial titled ‘Living in Harmony with Elephants’ makes use of photos, video clips, visual aids, posters and both indoor and outdoor physical exercises, pulling children out of the rigmarole of normal lessons into a captivating scene that allows them