Archive for July 2019
Bee Product Gift Packs
We are a hive of activity whilst preparing our special Bee Gift Packs to help raise funds. This will include elephant-friendly honey, honey-infused home-made soap, home-made lip balm made with our bees wax, an Elephants Alive bracelet and our new bee bracelet (coming soon!), and beeswax food wraps to reduce throwaway plastic. Included will be…
Read MoreElephant Specialist Advisory Group (ESAG) Workshopesag
This workshop formed part of the DEA National Research Strategy for Elephants, feeding into research projects under this strategy led by UKZN. The results of this research will provide greater understanding of issues of management concern, including around direct management of elephants and its unintended consequences, Human-elephant conflict and mitigation, and the broader socio-economic importance…
Read MoreMatambu Gets Treatment For His Injuries
Wildlife Vet Joel Alves assessing Matambu injury . Credit: Mike Whatmore We have been following Matambu for 15 years. Over the years Matambu has come to trust our research team, greeting us with low thunderous contact rumbles and often walking over to the vehicle to share a pool of shade with us. Matambu, meaning long…
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