More photos showing the wreckage caused by the massive flood in Samburu on March 4. Samburu National Reserve after the Ewaso Nyiro River burst its banks. This used to be the Uaso Bridge, a main bridge
Photos of Samburu Flood
I’ve just received these photos from Shivani who is in the reserve dealing with the aftermath of yesterday’s massive floods in Samburu. Photos above: Flooding at Save The Elephants camp. A helicopter
Massive Flood Devastates Samburu
Samburu has been hit by a massive flood which has destroyed six lodges and the Save The Elephants research camp. The wreckage is unbelievable. There have been no reports of casualties and the Ewaso
Finally Capturing and Collaring Lguret
We’ve just completed a grueling but successful lion collaring operation in the reserves. The four-day operation was sponsored by Save The Elephants (STE) and involved putting tracking collars on
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Lions Hunting Baboons
We’ve just ended our 16th day looking for Lguret, the male lion we GPS-collared to track his movements. After a year, it is time to de-collar him and we have been searching endlessly for him so that
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First Cheetahs
We’ve had a couple nice surprises in the last 24 hours. First, at about 11pm last night, we were roused awake by a group of elephants passing right through camp. I peeped out my tent window and saw
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Camera Traps
Thanks to Panthera, we now have two camera traps to assist us in documenting night visitors. Camera traps are digital cameras equipped with motion sensors, which take photos automatically when an
Introducing Paul
Today, I am excited to announce a new addition to the Ewaso Lions team. Paul Thomson arrived in camp yesterday and has joined the project full time to help it grow and expand in new ways. Paul is no
Thank You 2009 Donors and a Christmas Wish
This year has been one of the most difficult years in the field. I have been in Samburu since 2002 and I cannot remember such a tough period for the local people, their livestock and the wildlife. The
Samburu is Green!
Samburu is so beautiful as I write this. Although the initial rains in October stopped for 4 weeks and everything began to dry up in November, we were fortunate to receive about 5 days of rain in