Elephants are being killed in outrageous numbers that their entire population in Africa cannot statistically nor biologically sustain. The elephants will all be killed in less than 10 years if the ivory trade does not come to a complete halt, there is a surprising lack of foresight from China considering that the object they are […]
An elephant’s last goodbye is something to never forget. Goodbyes are difficult, often painfully sad…and when elephants say goodbye it is no different if even more emotionally profound. Elephants have funerals and if you don’t believe us look at the photos. We watched as Kenyorra (the well known tuskless matriarch of Siana) led her family […]
Efforts in the field to curb poaching and protect elephants, as a species, needs the connected efforts of all relevant participants in this war for elephants. Anti-poaching, in many parts of Africa and carried out by respective projects and NGOs, is very effective, however there needs to be equal impact on all angles of the […]
One of our very special ele-friends in Siana is Olomunyak, who is a young tuskless bull elephant in his mid-twenties. Tuskless elephants are notoriously defensive and Olomunyak definitely does not disappoint in this regard! Often as soon as we are within a few hundred metres of Kenyorra’s herd, Olomunyak charges out of the bush and […]
I received a report from a herdsman this morning and he said that he saw three poachers running through the bush yesterday morning and one of them looked like they were carrying a spear and a gunia (burlap) sack. He saw them from a distance but they were clearly up to no good and in […]
Field based anti-poaching is the most direct way of protecting elephants in the wild. Rangers’ methods of ‘boots on the ground’ has proven effective during the 70-80s poaching pandemic and in today’s crisis. Projects who are diligently working in the field may not completely halt the poaching and certainly not alone, however there is no […]
Today my unit and I went on a very long foot patrol through some hilly areas and we came across a female hyaena who was relaxing in the early morning sun. She saw us but she was not bothered by our presence. We continued on towards the base of a very large hill and we […]
The genocide of elephants and rhinos is more than an immoral eradication of two iconic species at the hands of man, it is a jeopardy inflicted upon any remaining human morals. If the world stands by (some by choice and many under duress) and watches as these two species, like others before them, become extinct, […]
