Kenya

Happy Weekend: Elephants Playing!

            Elephants are social creatures. They cannot survive alone (even bull elephants live in "bachelor herds" together!) - it's something humans can learn from! We need each other. We hope…
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Happy Weekend: Elephant Run!

            The average walking speed for elephants is 4.5 mph. But they have been documented to move at speeds up to 15 mph.
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Happy Weekend: Lunch Time!

            Wonder what lunch time looks like to an elephant? The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust uses a GoPro camera to give us an up close and personal look at an…
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Happy Weekend: Elephant Play!

            Enjoy a few minutes hearing the sounds of elephants at play! For juvenile elephants, much of life revolves around play. Young male elephants play chase and spar with other…
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Happy Weekend: Welcome to the Family!

            Watch as these elephants greet one another and welcome this tiny baby into the world. They are such social animals! We love seeing the joy and happiness of these…
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The End of the Elephant

We just don't get it. Last year, every rhino was killed in Limpopo National Park in Mozambique. Poachers were the perpetrators.  And so it continues: there are now only 3 northern white rhinos left in…
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Happy Weekend: Bringing Up Baby

                Enjoy this clip from BBC's documentary Elephant Tales - these newborns are learning what it means to be an elephant and it sure is cute!
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Take a Journey to Africa

“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” -- Jawaharlal…
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Survivors of Poaching Snares

This past June, I had the opportunity to travel to Kenya for three weeks and observe elephants from Tsavo East to Amboseli (you can read all about it HERE). While camping in Tsavo East, I…
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Happy Weekend: An Icon is Saved

            This very moving video shared from The David Sheldrick Wildlife Foundation is truly a "happy weekend" video. We are so thankful for the work that David Sheldrick and others…
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