Rescue Welfare Concern
Elephant 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 MoreRescue of a Gentle Giant
By Jessica Wilmot, Elephant Alive. What started off as a normal research day in the field, ended as one of the most humbling experiences for the Elephants Alive research team. On route looking for one of our collared elephants, we drove past a waterhole where a few young bulls were drinking water. We stopped to…
Read MoreSadly Our First Collared Elephant Has Been Poached
By Michelle Henley Since 1998, Elephants Alive has conducted over 100 elephant collaring operations in the Associated Private Nature Reserves and the Kruger National Park. We have seen our study animals move widely with some of the younger risk-taking bulls having home ranges as large as 11 000 km2. We have always counted ourselves fortunate…
Read MoreTimisa Lives Up To Her Name
By Michelle Henley We got the call from Mark Shaw, the Warden of Umbabat Private Nature Reserve, just after 05h00 who said a “small elephant calf” was seen wondering around Ingwelala camp on its own the night before. A search party was sent out by the Warden as lions were in the area but to…
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