Month: May 2017

Month: May 2017

An Update on the Snared Baby Elephant

We wanted to give you an update on a story Mara Elephant Project posted in February, A Baby Elephant Snared. MEP’s CEO was called in to respond to a baby female elephant that had a snare around her trunk, which is extremely life threatening. We responded with the Karen Blixen Camp Ree Park Safari helicopter and along with the Kenya Wildlife Service/David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust vet, Dr. Limo, we were able to help this young elephant get treatment and be moved to the David Sheldrick Wil… Continue reading.

MEP’s First Official Event in Kenya

On April 27 Mara Elephant Project hosted their first official Kenyan event at Nairobi’s Tribe Hotel. The purpose of this event was to bring key stakeholders and business leaders in Kenya together to learn about MEP’s mission in the Mara and invite them to partner with us to protect elephants and conserve the greater Mara ecosystem, a critical natural asset of Kenya.   The entrance to the event space at Tribe Hotel.      Six of our Kenyan trustees were in attendance at the … Continue reading.
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MEP 2016 Annual Report

Mara Elephant Project is happy to announce that our Annual Report for 2016 is now available for you to download and read. 2016 MEP Annual Report While 2016 was a very positive year for MEP in terms of the continued reduction in the number of elephants being killed due to poaching and our human-elephant conflict (HEC) Toolkit, the growing rate of elephant deaths due to HEC is a very alarming statistic that is going to require our constant vigilance in 2017 and beyond. The Highlights In the Gr… Continue reading.