There are few places on Earth where you can glimpse one of the remaining Super Tuskers – the remnants of the world’s most majestic megafauna. Tsavo, situated in the south and eastern section of Kenya, nestled almost equidistant from Nairobi…
In 2020, there were only 11 elephant poached in the whole of Kenya. Over that same period, not one Rhino, in the whole country, lost its life to poachers. These results, as incredible and at one stage implausible as they…
Recently one of our team members received a photograph of a big tusker, sent in by a safari-goer on a game drive. The lucky tourist, on a drive near the Kanderi Swamps in Tsavo East National Park’s south-west, spotted Dida,…
In 2020, surveyors for the Kenyan Tourism Ministry found an incredible result for elephant conservations in their battle against poaching in this country. Over the previous two years, Kenya, as a whole, saw a 91% decrease in elephant poaching. In…
According to data collected by the WWF, just under 100 years ago there were over 10 million African elephants. Whilst in Asia, there were over 100,000 of the smaller, Asian elephants. The numbers today are upsettingly low. According to our…
The ‘red-list’ is a regularly updated review of the globe’s most at-risk species. It is conducted by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. After recent reconsideration on the merits and scientific precedent for reclassifying the African elephant into…
In the modern world, elephant conservation is a multi-faceted endeavour. It is no longer enough just to track the elephants and patrol in search of poachers. Elephant conservation organisations like ours must also seek to change attitudes, lifestyles and influence…
In the summer of 2015, the Earth Island Journal did a profile piece on one Koyaso Lekoloi. Mr. Lekoloi grew up the son of a herdsman as was tradition in his Samburu family. He expected to follow in his father’s…
Kenya is famous for its birds. Whether it is the Lilac Breasted Roller, the flightless Ostrich, or the Marabou Stork – the unofficial bird of Uganda – the birds of Kenya are famous for their diversity in size, colour, and…
Fighting poaching in Africa: – why it is so important (to the country and to the wider world), who is charged with enacting it, and how the global citizen can help. Kenya’s wildlife is world-renowned. As home to the Maasai Mara,…