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Empowering Young Conservationists
Over the past few months, our conservation education teams have been actively engaged in a series of impactful field activities.
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Forging Futures in Conservation Careers
A symposium organised by Save the Elephants to encourage more students to pursue a career in conservation was held in central Kenya this year.
Weird Tusk Invades
This morning began with the camp being invaded by a frequent visitor, Weird Tusk. His left tusk is bent backwards at an unusual angle (not dissimilar to the legs of a cowboy who has ridden too far). After strolling confidently through the camp he...
Elephant Star Mohican Dies
All who saw BBC 1’S ‘Secret Life of Elephants’ will remember Mohican, the matriarch of the Native Americans herd. She became a star of the show when she mated with intimidating, car-crusher, Rommel. On top of this she displayed exceptional...
From Buses to Elephants
My name is Toby Aisbitt. I am an undergraduate, from the University of Warwick in England attached to Save the Elephants as an intern for the Summer . It all started in a coffee shop in Sloane Square, London, when I first met Iain Douglas Hamilton....
E-biosphere09 conference in London 1st to 3rd June 2009
The e-Biosphere 09 International Conference on Biodiversity Informatics brought together an exceptional array of speakers and participants to highlight the achievements in Biodiversity Informatics today and to discuss strategies for its future....
Collaring the coastal elephants (Kipini Conservancy)
On the 13th of February Save the Elephants and the Kenya Wildlife Service sent a team of eight down to the North Kenyan coast in pursuit of some of Kenya’s last coastal elephants. In this remote and wild forest that flanks the shores of the Indian...
The Death of Esidai
We received a phone call of the death from Sasaab Lodge Manager, Tony that there was a big bull lying opposite their lodge on the south bank with a collar and only one tusk. Everyone reacted with the assumption that he had been shot because we have...
The Secret Life of Elephants Reviews
BBC One, 9pmHere's one for folk who enjoy watching elephants mucking around in the sunshine with thoroughly nice people looking out for their welfare. Save the Elephants is an African charity led by Iain Douglas-Hamilton and his daughter Saba, which...
Report on deaths of two elephants at West Gate area
We received a report from one of the lion researchers who is stationed in West gate saying that a sick elephant had been sighted in that area few days ago now and that we needed to go and haved look. The following day my team and I left early in the...
Samburu Long Term Monitoring Monthly Report Dec 2008
A brief summary of recordings in Samburu on the Long Term Monitoring for the month of Dec 2008.Total monthly rainfall: Nil Number of Days Spent Monitoring: 14 days Total Number of Individuals Recorded: 265 Total Number Bulls: 13 Total Number...
Samburu Long Term Monitoring Monthly Report Nov 2008
A brief summary of recordings in Samburu on the Long Term Monitoring for the month of Nov 2008.Total monthly rainfall: 374 Number of Days Spent Monitoring: 18 days Total Number of Individuals Recorded: 522 Total Number Bulls: 14 Total Number...