Author: Claire Bolles

Author: Claire Bolles

Tanzania Rapid Response Operation By MEP CEO Marc Goss

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On April 28, 2017 I got a call from the Mara Conservancy Administrator David Aruasa reporting that two elephants were caught in farms on the Kenya/Tanzania border outside of the Mara Triangle portion of the Maasai Mara National Reserve. David reported that the ranger team from the Ngerare post tried to get the elephants out of the farms but they were met with a large number of frustrated community members after the elephants had moved into Tanzania farms.                         … Continue reading.

2016 MEP Annual Helicopter Report

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Mara Elephant Project has just released the 2016 Annual Helicopter Report which details all of the flight hours the helicopter has completed in 2016. Annual Helicopter Report 2016 2017 is the first year in history that the Maasai Mara in Kenya has had a dedicated helicopter for conservation. In 2015 Karsten Ree, owner of Karen Blixen Camp, purchased a new Robinson R44 Raven II in the USA and sent it to Kenya; around that same time he sent Mara Elephant Project (MEP) CEO Marc Goss to the U.S.… Continue reading.

An Update on the Snared Baby Elephant

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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.

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