Month: August 2020

Month: August 2020

Support MEP on World Elephant Day 2020

Dear Loyal Supporter, We hope you and loved ones are safe and healthy during this challenging time. As a past supporter of Mara Elephant Project, we wanted to give you an update on World Elephant Day. At Mara Elephant Project, we carry on. The rapid and global spread of the COVID-19 virus means a challenging future for conservation, particularly elephant conservation in Kenya. MEP is taking the COVID-19 situation very seriously but that has not meant we have stopped working. As first resp… Continue reading.

SWT De-Snaring Units Protect the Mau

The rapid and global spread of the COVID-19 virus has brought with it challenging future implications for conservation, particularly elephant conservation in Kenya. However, Mara Elephant Project, as first responders, have carried on safely in the field and the two Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (SWT) Mau De-Snaring Unit teams are no exception. We continue to be deeply concerned about the socio-economic downturn and what that means for the communities we work so closely with to protect Kenya’s i… Continue reading.