Meet some of the elephants
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© WWF KenyaChelsea
A female elephant who's roughly 35 years old with a distinctive v-shaped notch on the lower part of her right ear. She has two calves - one is 15 months and the other is 19 years old. Her collar is in good condition and hasn't been replaced since it was attached in 2015.
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© WWF KenyaTressa
A female elephant who's 34 years old. She only has one tusk (known as a mono-tusk) on her left side, which is broken at the tip. Tressa’s in a herd of 17 individuals - 8 adults, 5 sub-adults and 4 young. Her collar is in good condition and hasn't been replaced since it was attached in 2015.
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© WWF KenyaIvy
A female elephant who's elusive and a notorious crop raider. Her collar helps to monitor and estimate the time she spends in community farms. She's in a group of over 25 elephants.
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© WWF KenyaNamunyak
A female elephant who's 39 years old and prefers foraging in the hills of Siana. She has a u-shaped notch on her left ear and her left tusk is completely blunt at the tip. Namunyak lives in a herd of 31 individuals (14 adults, 12 sub-adults and 5 young) and has one sub-adult calf that’s 9 years old and one calf that's under a year old.
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© WWF KenyaKiambi
A male elephant who's roughly 45 years old and shy to approach. He currently prefers eating vegetation around streams, which could be due to lack of water content in the hills. Kiambi is huge! His left tusk is broken at the tip. He's usually a solitary bull but was found with two other bulls.
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© WWF KenyaFred
A male elephant who's roughly 40 years old and prefers open grass plains and foraging along streams. He has massive tusks that spread outwards and has a small bump on his trunk (in the sixth wrinkle from the top). Fred is a solitary male.
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Why collaring?
Why collaring?
By monitoring the collared elephants, we can better understand their movements including home ranges and migratory routes. It also provides a better understanding of how changing land use patterns are impacting the species, including how elephants interact in community areas.
The information provided can also help predict locations where elephants may come into conflict with people. This tracking is vital for management and security, allowing partners to respond quickly to suspected poaching as well as any human-elephant conflicts.
Our work
Along with collaring, we’re supporting the development of community conservancies which provide opportunities for local people to benefit from having wildlife, including elephants, on their land e.g. through tourism and alternative livelihoods. We also work with communities to better help mitigate human-elephant conflict, and we’re supporting elephant surveys to better understand population sizes.
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