Mara Elephant Project has a total of eight elephants that we’re working toward re-collaring in 2018. All of these at-risk elephants have collar batteries that only last three years and need to be replaced to ensure they and their herds are protected. Elephants Lucy, Hugo, Kegol, Chelsea, Caroline, Naibosho, Shorty, & Fred all currently have collars that provide data which is used daily to mitigate human-elephant conflict, inform ranger deployment and anti-poaching work, and promote tran…
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One of the pillars of belief that drives Mara Elephant Project’s mission is that the youth of this world is the key to the conservation of our ecosystems and protection of our endangered animals. MEP partners with The Maa Trust and schools in the Mara to educate the next generation in Kenya about how important elephants are to the conservation of the ecosystem in which they live. We are working toward changing youth attitudes in Kenya that view elephants as nuisances that crop raid and kill…
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