Big Life Foundation, Kenya and Tanzania
On the ground in East Africa, partnering with communities to protect nature for the benefit of all with a primary focus to stop illegal wildlife crimes and arrest poachers.
Conservation Projects
- Anti-poaching with boot, vehicle, air patrols, permanent outposts and canine units in partnership with Kenya Wildlife Services
- Vast informer network to combat illegal wildlife crime and trafficking
- Prosecution officer who monitors all major wildlife court cases to ensure that wildlife criminals are punished to the fullest, and most appropriate, extend of the law
- Specialised rhino protection to maintain status as an Intensive Protection Zone
- Human-elephant conflict mitigation with rangers moving elephants off of crops, 100km of crop protecting fencing and protecting the water supply from damage
- Human-predator conflict mitigation with the Predator Compensation Scheme and Maasai olympics
- Community inclusion through employment, education and healthcare initiatives
- Habitat safeguarding
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Reteti Elephant Sanctuary, Kenya
The world's first Indigenous community-owned African elephant sanctuary located in Northern Kenya who rescue to release.
Conservation Projects
- Orphan project to rescue, raise and rewild
- Veterinary care on site and in the field
- Anti-poaching in partnership with Kenya Wildlife Service
- Female employment and employment with first ever female elephant keepers, milk to market and beadwork program
- Milk to market program which utilises goat milk from the local Samburu community to feed the orphaned elephants and provide employment to women
- Habitate safeguarding
- Community inclusion through employment, education and healthcare initiatives
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Eco-lodges for conservation
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Save The Elephants, Kenya and across Africa
Pioneers in the scientific research of African elephants. They are a key voice in securing a future for a elephants as well as to sustain the beauty and ecological integrity of the places they live.
Conservation Projects
- Research into the behaviours and society of elephants
- Long term monitoring collecting data daily
- Pioneers in tracking, designing and testing elephant collars for vital data
- Communicates findings to guide and support all areas of elephant conservation, from orphan projects to anti-poaching to landscape development
- Development of the human - elephant coexistence tool box to offer practical solutions at all income levels
- Identification of wildlife corridors
- Founders of the Elephant Crisis Fund in partnership with Wildlife Conservation
- Community inclusion through employment, education and scholarships
- Safeguarding habitats
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