On the 27th of Janurary 2018 this collared bull elephant, Lempiris, was successfully treated for an infected arrow wound. It wasn’t an easy task and was only made possible thanks to the amazing effort from all concerned. As always, the Mara Vet Unit did a fantastic job responding and rushing to the aid of another Mara […]
I don’t think there are many wildlife rangers out there who look after a sub-adult Eland when they are not watching over wild elephants. My name is Ntaiya and I am an Elephant Aware ranger but I am also Siriwe’s keeper. Let me tell you a little bit about her… The Common Eland (Tragelaphus oryx) […]
We have been kept very busy lately keeping up with elephants! There is a large aggregation that my unit and myself are monitoring constantly and we have to keep on our toes to do so. Ranger Leposa has been away from work for a while as he has had many problems with his cattle because […]
There have been recent events amidst the battle to rescue the African Elephant from their plight that could be labeled as triumphs. Richard Leakey has returned to the forefront of elephant conservation and considering his previous success in bringing the elephant poaching in Kenya to a halt in the late 1980s, this gives great hope […]
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 […]
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 […]
