Author: Claire Bolles

Author: Claire Bolles

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A Word About MEP Fundraising

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The last quarter of the year was very positive and we received some significant donations, which are hugely important in terms of enabling Mara Elephant Project to carry out its work to safeguard elephants in the Mara. Firstly, MEP is hugely grateful to Sue Anschutz-Rodgers for her generous donation towards fuel and maintenance of the helicopter. This donation will allow MEP’s Karen Blixen Camp Ree Park Safari helicopter to fly aerial monitoring flights for 117 hours to monitor our 21 coll… Continue reading.
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Mara Elephant Project In The News

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There was a study published recently in Oryx called Unmanned aerial vehicles mitigate human–elephant conflict on the borders of Tanzanian Parks: a case study that highlights the curriculum developed and pioneered by Mara Elephant Project’s CEO, board member, Trey Fehsenfeld, and rangers in 2012 using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones) to mitigate human-elephant conflict. The study highlighted the effectiveness of drones on mitigating human-elephant conflict. To reduce conflict bet… Continue reading.
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December 2016 MEP Helicopter Report

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Thanks to the generosity of a Mara Elephant Project supporter, MEP is able to actively monitor and check in on our 21 GPS-collared elephants on a monthly basis across the ecosystem in our Karen Blixen Camp Ree Park Safari helicopter (read more about aerial monitoring here). December was our first full month of aerial monitoring and already the results have been interesting. Helicopter Report December 2016 During our monitoring flight on December 19 MEP spotted an endangered black rhino and he… Continue reading.

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