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An Adventurer and a Teacher
Naisula in Samburu National Reserve earlier this year © Meha Kumar/Save the Elephants In December 2023, Naisula, the tracked matriarch of the Samburu Ladies, led her herd...
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Mystery of Tuskless Male African Elephant Leaves Scientists Puzzled
The tuskless male elephant from the Hawaiian Islands family in Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve. © Olympia Brule/Save the Elephants Save the Elephants (STE) researchers...
Report on the Conservation Education Programme
We provided transport and guides for the trip, which included a visit to Lewa Downs Wildlife Conservancy and Meru National Museum. STE research assistants David Daballen and Sammy Lemantampash accompanied the staff and students. Teachers and...
Elephant Poached
The carcass was found by local herdsmen who were looking for new pasture for their cattle. The elephants' tusks had been cut out with an axe and there were bullet holes in its head and shoulder. The carcass was covered with branches in an attempt to...
Collaring Report
January 2001 Between the 23rd - 26th January, The team consisted of myself, Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Dr. Job Githaiga an ex-Kenya Wildlife Service vet who has been involved in most of our collaring operations over the last 3 years, Drs. Juliet King...
Baby Elephants Die
Princeton graduate, Elizabeth Derryberry has recently joined our team up in Samburu for a three month preliminary study in preparation for her PhD. Here are some of her field notes for October:Sadly, the first thing I have to report is two elephant...
Blog – Rescuing Shaba 09/11/2015
On the 4th of November, 2016, David Daballen, Save The Elephant’s Head of Field Operations got a call from the Kenya Wildlife Service that an elephant had been shot on the East of Shaba National Reserve in the North of Kenya.The Save The Elephants...
Garamba Report
Briefing Note: Four Killed in Action, Garamba National Park; Urgent Request to Deploy Resources Dear Peter, On the 30th of September one of our collared elephants was poached. We located the carcass but the poachers had moved on with the...