In the heart of Kamungi Conservancy, a marginalized community battles against the odds, striving to protect wildlife habitat while transforming their own lives. Meet Felister Nduku, a dedicated member of Kamungi Conservancy and an unwavering advocate for community-based conservation. Amidst…
We’ve collected a list of five English and five Swahili idioms that draw on the physical characteristics, the emotional qualities and the behavioural patterns of elephant as they teach us something of the human experience. The fact that Swahili has…
With elephant as enchanting and imagination-capturing a species as they are, there are certain facts about them that are known by almost every person on this planet that is above a certain age. The elephant’s memory is almost better known…
Two would-be ivory salespeople were arrested in Nyeri Town on Tuesday, that’s the 30th of May 2023, with 52 kilograms of ivory in their possession. The men were trying to sell the ivory, worth an estimated ksh 5.3 million or…
Before we begin this article, which is being written because, according to search trend statistics, it is one that people look for answers to, it is worth clarifying that elephant do not necessarily attack humans in the sense that there…
How does elephant conservation build a sustainable future for the planet? Here in Tsavo, we have the great privilege of living alongside and working daily with elephant. One of the reasons it is so much of a privilege is because…
In animals as clearly capable of what our species considers more complex and considered emotions, the space between us and them seems so much smaller that it arouses our curiosity about their behaviour just that little bit more. (Read our…
Elephant are among the most eye-catching and intelligent creatures on the planet. We’ve written often of the complexity to their societal design, their intelligence and their capacity to be shape emotionally; much as we are. In many cultures, elephants are…
When Kenya’s first post-independence leader, Jomo Kenyatta, gazetted what is now known as Nairobi National Park for the exclusive use by wildlife he had this to say: “The natural resources of this country – its wildlife, which offers such an…
The story of Bram Gunterstein and the Asian elephant Modoc is amazingly told even if it cannot be separated from the dramatization assumed to have been added to it. If it isn't true, it's a human being's fantastical attempt to…