The approach of the New Year is a time of reflection for many and our team at Elephant Aware would like to take this opportunity to share some amazing news with you as we look back on some of our project achievements this past year. For more than a decade it has been a dream […]
The year started off very dry after months of severe drought but the area got a lot of rain in early January which helped tremendously to refill water sources and brought much relief to elephants, all wildlife and people as well as community livestock within this part of the ecosystem. In a short few weeks […]
At the beginning of April the area was starting to dry out and the number of water sources available to wildlife were dwindling. This meant that conflict cases were on the rise because competition for pasture and water between wildlife and people had increased enormously. Migratory species such as elephants, giraffes, zebras and others have […]
CategoriesUncategorizedBetween early July and the end of September the Elephant Aware team responded to more than twenty Human-Wildlife conflict incidents with the majority occurring in the early part of this quarter and in every case prevented the situation from escalating. Each case was set under different circumstances and so a unique approach to each situation […]
By Gini Cowell Late in the afternoon last Friday we were out on a patrol with the rangers and I was parked about 30 metres away from an elephant family we know well. Their matriarch, Eluai, was browsing on a bush while the others moved calmly past me, taking their time and stopping to nibble […]
In the beginning of April the area was lush and green after a lot of continuous rains. Hundreds of elephants and other wildlife enjoyed this time of abundance and many newborns were recorded. Elephant matriarch Mayian and her family spent most of their time eating, playing and moving at a leisurely pace, as did other […]
A FINAL FAREWELL TO AN OLD FRIEND A double tragedy occured in the first week of the new year. A man who was walking home in community land one night in early January after dark sadly ran into a herd of elephants and their calves who in turn killed him soon after. Our sympathy and […]
CategoriesUncategorizedOn the first day of October our team were busy monitoring a large aggregation of elephants and we got to observe some interesting elephant behaviour. These two bull elephants were having a bit of a standoff and they appeared to be using the small ravine as a “barrier” between them while they stood on opposite […]
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 […]
