http://amboselielephants.wildlifedirect.org Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:19:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dear readers, We are losing old friends in Amboseli. Amboseli is experiencing the worst drought in decades. The Maasai elders say it is the most severe drought since 1961 when they lost almost all their cattle. I have been through two previous bad years: 1976 and 1984. By the ... http://amboselielephants.wildlifedirect.org/2009/08/03/elephants-dying-in-amboseli/ I have some very sad news to relay. Echo died today at 2:42pm in Amboseli. She collapsed yesterday morning and was unable to get up. ATE staff Katito and Robert stayed with her the whole time. We believe she died from a combination of old age and the long three-year ... http://amboselielephants.wildlifedirect.org/2009/05/04/death-of-echo/ April 29, 2009 Illegal Quarry Devastates Communities and Wildlife Area Nairobi, KENYA 29/4/2009 – On Saturday, Chinese-owned Sinohydro Corporation Limited began detonating heavy explosives in a sensitive wildlife area to begin the excavation of an illegal rock quarry, effectively signaling the end of a key wildlife corridor and potential ... http://amboselielephants.wildlifedirect.org/2009/04/29/illegal-quarry-devastates-communities-and-wildlife-area/ Elephants are being wounded and killed by spears, poison arrows and bullets at an alarming rate. Thsi has been going on for the past few years but has been especially bad in the last 4 months. For the first time in many years, tusks are being removed by unknown persons. ... http://amboselielephants.wildlifedirect.org/2009/02/15/amboseli-elephants-being-poached/ Human-wildlife conflict is increasing everywhere: human populations burgeon; land use changes erode natural ecosystems. Conflict escalates when sporadic natural events dramatically reduce the availability of food and water for people and animals alike. Long term monitoring and ecosystem surveillance by the Amboseli Elephant Research Project provides early warning of ... http://amboselielephants.wildlifedirect.org/2008/06/19/early-warning-in-amboseli-its-going-to-be-a-bad-year/ The elephants of Amboseli in Kenya are the most celebrated wild elephants in the world. Since 1972, close observation by Cynthia Moss and her research team has led to intimate knowledge of these intelligent and complex animals. The revelations from Amboseli form the basis of contemporary understanding of elephants and provide ... http://amboselielephants.wildlifedirect.org/2008/04/28/hello-world-2/