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Big Tree Monitoring by the Tree Musketeers!
Elephants Alive have been monitoring 3000 large trees since 2004, to understand elephant impact. This year we were very fortunate to have three wonderful volunteers undertaking the survey work – our Tree Musketeers. Isabel Wolf-Gillespie, her husband Lloyd, and her sister Raphaela spent 6 weeks assessing 3000 tagged trees for elephant, or any other, damage in…
Read MoreBees, Trees and Elephants – NEW INSTALLMENT!
By Harriet Nimmo Following on from the success of Elephants Alive’s pioneering bee hive project (see link), the next exciting phase is underway! Thanks to funding from the EMS Foundation, 25 new, superior Beepak hives have now been hung in iconic marula trees in Jejane Reserve. These replace Elephants Alive’s initial simple, wooden research hives.…
Read MoreElephant Eye Test!
By Harriet Nimmo Matambu the gentle giant, is a handsome bull elephant in his prime – but thought to have problems with his sight. Renowned for his calm disposition he is around 40 years old and was first collared by Elephants Alive in 2005. Over the years he has become well known to the…
Read MoreHomage to Wayne Lotter – bringing your namesakes to safety, with farmers’ help.
By Harriet Nimmo Three young bull elephants broke out of a local reserve a few months ago. Up until now, they had not caused too much damage, staying hidden in the bush. However this all changed when the elephants discovered mango orchards. Elephants Alive got a call from Farm Watch to say the young pachyderms…
Read MoreCollaring Elephants in Mozambique
We started our search for elephants at Banhine National Park, a beautiful reserve tucked away like a precious jewel amid the wilderness areas which are still part of the Mozambique landscape. Our eyes met with breathtaking views of vast pans dotted with water lilies surrounded by autumn glad Mopani woodlands, Greenthorns, Star-chestnuts and coppery Baobabs…
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