Month: May 2020

Month: May 2020

Q1 2020 Ranger Report

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We started the year with two prominent successful operations by the MEP intelligence team that led to the recovery of a total of 81 kg of ivory and the arrest of four suspects. Our intelligence team continues to shine and the two busts they led in January are evidence of their continued effectiveness. Their first bust was near the main road heading to Nairobi from Narok in Ntulele where one suspect was arrested with four tusks weighing 39 kg. The second bust of 42 kg of ivory was of a Ugandan… Continue reading.

Q1 2020 CEO Report

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The rapid and global spread of the COVID-19 virus has brought with it challenging future implications for conservation, particularly elephant conservation in Kenya. We are deeply concerned about the pending socio-economic downturn that has been predicted and what that means for the communities we work so closely with to protect Kenya’s iconic elephants and the Mara ecosystem. At MEP, we’ve taken the proper steps to ensure our rangers and headquarter-based staff are all safe during the CO… Continue reading.

KWS/MEP Transmara Team Responds to Protect Fitz

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The Nyakweri Forest is a hotbed of deforestation activity and Mara Elephant Project has witnessed firsthand the alarming levels of charcoal production and illegal logging that is contributing to the deforestation of this critical elephant habitat. Charcoal confiscated in February in Nyakweri. A kiln destroyed in March in Nyakweri. An arrest from just today, May 9, of two men with a chain saw illegally logging in Nyakweri. Through our monitoring of MEP’s collared elephant Fitz, sponsored b… Continue reading.

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