We are slowly getting back on our feet here in Samburu and trying to recover from the devastating floods. I will write more soon about my personal experience of being caught in the floods, but for now I wanted to update
Photos of the Flood Aftermath
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 connecting Samburu
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 helps evacuate people.
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 Lions team is ok. Around
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 eight elephants and one
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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 a KWS vet can safely
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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 the giant black
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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 animal (lion, leopard,