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March for Elephants in the US 24 Aug 2013 | 03:56 pm
One of our Kenyan conservation heroes, Jim Nyamu, will be travelling to the US to lead a march from Boston to Washington, DC to create awareness about the plight of Africa's elephants. The march will ...
The History of the WA Family 23 Aug 2013 | 04:41 pm
From the early days of our research the WA family has had a very close relationship with the MA family. In fact, from time to time we have been on the point of amalgamating them into one family and th...
The History of the VA Family 1 Jul 2013 | 12:45 am
The VA family has always been a favorite of all the researchers who have worked on the project. From the beginning it has been a big, powerful family with big, powerful females, so that it was impossi...
Back to the Elephants 17 May 2013 | 06:40 pm
The judicial process is on-going in the case brought against Soila Sayialel and Robert Ntawuasa. We cannot comment any further while this process unfolds, and nor will we be speaking to the press. We ...
Distressing Times 13 May 2013 | 03:45 pm
We are very sorry to report that ATE is facing some of our most challenging times ever. Our Deputy Director Soila Sayialel and Technical Support Assistant Robert Sayialel were arrested and charged wit...
Fourth Anniversary of Echo's Death 3 May 2013 | 11:51 am
Today, May 3, 2013 is the fourth anniversary of Echo’s death. She was probably the best-known wild elephant in the world, but for us in Amboseli she was almost a daily presence, frequently feeding and...
An Apology to Elephants 20 Apr 2013 | 01:04 pm
A very powerful film on elephants will be shown on Earth Day, April 22, 7:00-7:45 ET/PT, exclusively on HBO. Narrated and executive produced by Lily Tomlin and directed by Emmy® winner Amy Schatz, bot...
The History of the UA Family 18 Apr 2013 | 09:05 pm
I first met the UA family on October 1973. I was still only working part-time in Amboseli at the time, and for a year I had been stealing time away from other work in Nairobi to drive down to the Park...
Elephants and CITES: the Facts 2013 22 Feb 2013 | 05:00 pm
Here are five Fact Sheets produced by ATE for the Kenya Elephant Forum to be used as scientific background in the campaign to sway minds and hearts at the forthcoming CoP16 meeting of CITES in Bangkok...
The History of the T Families 15 Feb 2013 | 02:56 pm
I first met the “T” families on September 9, 1973. I found them in one of the woodland areas of Amboseli called Ol Tukai Orok, which means “place of the dark palms” in Maa, the language of the local M...
