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Elephants, Bees, Socks and SPLAT!
Elephants Alive’s research has successfully demonstrated that elephants avoid trees that have a bee hive hung in them. But what is it about the bees that is causing the elephants to steer clear? Our studies continue with the next phase of bee research…… Over the past decade, extensive research has been carried out on a…
Read MoreElephants Alive Fundraiser Dinner to #celebrateelephants
Elephants Alive private dinner, with guest speaker, Iain Douglas Hamilton on 20 September in Johannesburg to #celebrateelephants The event is sold out! We would like to give a huge thank-you to all our amazing sponsors! Due to being overbooked the restaurant is stretched to capacity (157 guests). The bookings for our dinner are definitely closed and no…
Read MoreRiverleigh Equestrian-Annual Fancy Dress Freestyle Charity Event
After fifteen years – Riverleigh International Equestrian Centre is Celebrating the Crystal Anniversary of its annual Fancy Dress Freestyle Festival on Sunday, 14 October 2018 for the benefit of Elephants Alive. Riders of all ages enter and compete in this freestyle event and the routines are judged by professional judges. Prizes and trophies are…
Read MoreElephants and Vultures
By Michelle Henley Every year Elephants Alive monitors large trees used by raptors and vultures as nesting sites for elephant impact. We are trying to determine if elephant impact on the trees compromise the nest survival rates in any way. We started out monitoring all the nests in Klaserie Private Nature Reserve but were then…
Read MoreLong term tracking of long lived emissaries continues…
Thank you to Dr. Ben Muller and Dr. Joel Alves for darting and taking good care of our study animals. Joel is currently working part time with Ben from Wildlifevets but will be joining this great organisation permanently next year. Thanks to Gerry McDonald and Jana Meyer for the flying. Joel produced the video as…
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