NEWS
June 7, 2012
Andrew Smith of Memphis Zoo recently joined us in the field. He had won a grant from the Zoo and the Conservation Action Network to support […]
June 11, 2012
A few days after we had said goodbye to Andrew Smith of Memphis Zoo, Dr Ricardo Stanoss, Director of Education and international Training of the Chicago […]
February 8, 2013
Today I am going through our back log of elephants that we need to identify. Sometime we simply do not have time to do them all […]
February 11, 2013
I was in camp trying to ID the elephants I have seen this month when Joseph, the guide in camp and a volunteer researcher, came back […]
February 21, 2013
Makgadikgadi Pans National Park is looking green having enjoyed some rains that have released the Zebras from the clutches of the Boteti River so they could […]
March 5, 2013
I had the privilege of visiting another elephant researcher in South Africa recently and see her work for myself. Michelle Henley of Save The Elephants, South […]
October 2, 2013
Memphis Zoo has kindly donated five reconyx camera traps at the end of last year and we thought it was time to let you know what […]
October 3, 2013
I first had the pleasure of visiting the Elephants for Africa camp in November 2012, shortly after starting my PhD at the University of Bristol. I’m […]
October 4, 2013
Landing in Botswana on Air Botswana on Monday the 26th August my first port of call was not the Makgadikgadi Pans but a flight straight up […]
October 5, 2013
The next morning I joined the CZS group on a game drive with Joseph and we were spoilt with another amazing sighting of the leopard […]
October 6, 2013
If you live in Memphis it is time to get down to the Teton Trek Lodge on 10th October and get bidding on some incredible art […]
October 8, 2013
This morning I woke up early, as I always do, to the cackle of the resident francolin doing his patrol of his premises, which takes him […]
October 10, 2013
I have spent the last few days in Downtown Dallas for the Elephant Mangers Association annual conference, sponsored by the Dallas Zoo, and caught up with […]
October 11, 2013
The 2nd annual ‘Art for Elephant’ auction was a great success and a fun evening was had by all. I would like to thank Dr Chuck […]
December 9, 2013
Thanks to our support Susan Farrington a wonderful wildlife artist from the Bahamas we are pleased to announce our new iPhone cases are now available to […]
February 18, 2014
During the first week of February, the entire Elephants for Africa team attended the Botswana Wildlife Research Symposium, held in Maun. Our founder and director, Dr […]
February 20, 2014
This morning started with a lovely boat ride across the Boteti from the ever-helpful DWNP staff at the Khumaga gate. James, our newly started PhD student, […]
March 5, 2014
Last week Elephants for Africa’s Research Coordinator, Dr Emily Bennitt, and I attended the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) Human-wildlife co-existence project workshop. These […]
April 11, 2014
For the past six weeks or so I have spent most of my time visiting farmers’ fields after elephants have raided them. During a visit I […]
April 18, 2014
The definition of pest is, “a destructive insect or other animal that attacks crops, food and livestock, etc.” So what happens when this pest is an […]
January 26, 2015
Hello/Dumela! My name is Gus Pitfield, I am 23 years old and I grew up in London and finished my BSc in Biology from the University […]
May 18, 2015
I have been lucky enough to have a number of different encounters with elephants. I have met them on hundreds of occasions from the safety of […]
May 23, 2015
Dear all, My name is Gus, I am an MSc student studying male elephant sociality and social structure here in the Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, Botswana. […]
May 27, 2015
I am a master’s student at the University of Bristol and the newest member of the Elephants for Africa team. I arrived at our camp along […]