Between July and September 2019 the Elephant Aware team patrolled approximately 15,000 kilometres in total through vehicle, motorbike and ranger foot patrols. The area covered consists of vast hill ranges, dense woodland and rivers, all of which are key wildlife areas. In July 2019 the Masai giraffe, the subspecies of giraffe inhabiting the Mara-Serengeti ecosystem […]

In the beginning of April our team was busy monitoring elephants and because the area was starting to dry out again this meant that conflict between people, elephants and wildlife was on the rise due to less water and grass availability. By the end of the first week on the 7th of April our team […]

By Gini Cowell In the months leading up to every CITES conference there is usually mounting pressure from conservationists, activists, officials and individuals to implement a full ban on trade in products of species at threat of exploitation and destruction. This year it is the same. Kenya is one of the countries actively leading the […]

The scene in this photo, of a majestic elephant roaming wild and free, is what so many of us in conservation endeavor to achieve for this species and all wildlife. The new year arrived with new challenges and for our team that means a renewed commitment to our mission which is to secure a future […]

The month of December began with busy ranger patrols. The rangers mostly patrol on foot with vehicle support. This allows them to access key wildlife areas which are inaccessible by vehicle. Our team cover a large area everyday as part of our daily work and efforts to protect wildlife. The photo below was taken recently […]

November started out as a very dry month following previous months of drought which has taken its toll on the area. This has forced wildlife and especially species like elephants to venture into community settlements in search of water. Lovely Nosentui and her herd seen on our patrol recently! She is one of many individual […]

The month of October began with the celebration of World Habitat Day. All of us at Elephant Aware feel there is a particular need to highlight how important wild habitats and wild ecosystems are for many reasons but especially because they are depended upon for the survival of many wildlife and birdlife species. Habitat protection […]

In early September the rangers helped move this young bull out of a fenced plot of land one morning when he went down to a nearby river for a drink at around noon which subsequently led him onto the opposite bank and into someone’s fenced land, in search of some tasty vegetation and perhaps something […]

At the beginning of August the area had become quite dry and many of the water sources no longer had any water for wildlife. Because of this, Human-Elephant-Conflict has also been on the rise as wildlife, livestock and people compete for natural resources on the same land. Our team were delighted to see a number […]