Stories

Eleanor one of our elephants collapsed and on 11th October 2003, she died. Below is an eyewitness story by one of our researchers.On the 10th of October 2003, the Save the Elephants research team in Samburu were informed by the rangers that an...

Our most loved plane Alpha Oscar Tango, a Cessna 185, crashed in Samburu on Sept. 11th at 6:15pm when it hit a zebra on landing. Iain and his researcher David Daballen managed to scramble out of the windows and both got away with some minor cuts and...

It was very successful and more recently, we invited two other students to our research centre. We welcomed two girls, Halima and Patina to STE in August. They were both incredibly keen to learn more about our work and were thrilled when they heard...

We also take the local villagers around the reserves and give lectures to school children. Our main aim is to increase conservation awareness amonsgt the local people and school children. St Teresa's Girls High School, located in Wamba, is one of...

In order to retrieve the already stored data from the GPS 2000 collars, the elephant has to be darted to get the collar off. Thirdly, 4 elephants have GPS 1000 collars. To retrieve the data off these collars, we approach the elephant within close...

STE Field Officer The mortality survey involves recording elephant carcasses since 1997 by visiting and making detailed a MIKE report for each.Carcasses are found by perusing through documents and records at KWS Stations, written messages from the...

It is an oasis in the middle of a desert and is surrounded by the great northern deserts of Kenya, causing it to be isolated from other elephant habitats. For this reason, the genetics of this isolated population should prove to be very interesting....

This includes taking our mobile video unit out to local schools, villagers around the reserve, and the entire Rangers community. This is done in conjunction with elephant research which is our core program.In mid April we invited two girls for our...

North of Samburu National reserve lies Kalama conservancy. Far north is Namunyak wildlife conservancy. These two conservancies are owned by the communities and are shared with wild animals.The communities are responding more positively to the idea...

The dung samples are to be analysed to determine the stress levels and the relationships between various elephant populations.We went to Shimba Hills Game Reserve first where we found fresh elephant tracks, but unfortunately no elephants were...