Rangers are the first line of defense on the ground to combat habitat loss and protect both wildlife and communities in the Mara. As we’ve seen over the past few months, some illegal activities like bushmeat poaching and habitat destruction are on the rise and in response, MEP recruited 10 new men and women that trained on campus in October. There are 14 total recruits, four are cooks that travel with MEP ranger units, and 10 rangers due to be deployed in the Loita area for added protection…
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Mara Elephant Project (MEP) was established in 2011 with the mission of protecting elephants to conserve the Greater Mara Ecosystem (GME). MEP concentrates on the protection of elephants outside of protected areas in the Maasai Mara and by doing so, we help protect not only wildlife, but communities and habitat in the Maasai Mara in Kenya. Our approach is to monitor, evaluate and protect elephants in collaboration with key partners in the region. The MEP Method is using boots on the ground ra…
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