Save the Elephants

Save the Elephants ( STE ) is a nonprofit organization with headquarters in London, which was founded in September 1993 by Iain Douglas - Hamilton. Save the Elephants is committed to the preservation of habitats of elephants. They also examined the change in the population and attempts to change positively with breeding. At the same time, the organization aims to improve the reputation of the elephants in the population. The organization works with a four- pillar principle: protection of habitats of elephants, research, grassroots organization and involvement and educating the public through the dissemination of information through television, movies, publications and new media.

History

Founder Douglas - Hamilton was many decades in Africa traveling and exploring the habits of elephants. He wrote books and made ​​films. However, he saw this also as endangered are African elephants. A first personal success by Douglas - Hamilton was that the CITES Convention in 1989 banned the trade of ivory. His reports were crucial to the decision. Years later, he founded the organization Save the Elephants, London.

Description

The organization is mainly represented in Kenya, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo and Mali. The organization did much to that awareness has increased about the welfare of elephants. With large-scale actions prevented activists that the habitats of elephants continues to be destroyed. With events, they clarified on the civilian population in order to draw them to their side. Especially in the Samburu National Reserve in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya, Save the Elephants conducts studies of elephants. In numerous film, television and print articles, including National Geographic, reports and explains the organization of their work and the current elephant stock. Most famous television series is broadcast on BBC the Natural History Unit series The Secret Life of Elephants.

Since the latest Save the Elephants organization with Google Earth Outreach works. This now makes it more efficient to protect areas and migratory routes of elephants.

Four-column

Research

This column includes the study of animals in their natural habitat, but also in the kennel. It is closely associated with the other three columns. One focus of the research of the elephant is due to the Understand the hiking trails. So the animals GPS-/GSM-Sender ( collars ) are applied to the important ways of elephants out. These are then monitored stronger. In cooperation with the Safaricom Foundation, every three hours to the current position of the animals, the air temperature and the humidity are elaborated. The research activities of Save the Elephants is roughly divided into two areas, which pure research ( pure research) and applied research (Applied Research ). The former deals with the perspective of pure science. There, the behavior of the animals is reconstructed and looked for explanations. It examines how elephants use their environment and change and exchange of information work. Applied research is part of the strategy of saving the animals. Because of the location data detailed maps were created that show the locations of animals. This reduces u.U. unwanted confrontations with people.

Protection

To ensure the protection of elephants and their habitats. to ensure the organization is working closely with state and non-state institutions such as universities, research institutions and government agencies, together. So it is clear beforehand whether lay in planning exploiting dividend building in migration routes of animals or construction area destroyed important habitat. Live tracking allows the rangers, fast and specific intervene. In addition, the population is informed, since these must be protected from any attacks by the elephants. In this section, Save the Elephants is working closely with the CITES. A major task is to combat poaching and the trade of ivory.

Grass roots

This column deals with the cooperation of the local population with the elephants. In meetings and public events, there are opinions and knowledge exchange of populations with researchers from the organization. This term is also dealt with supernatural events surrounding the elephant. So African tales are collected, compiled and interpreted.

Education

Discusses the involvement and educating the public. Besides allowing Elephant Watch (EW), that the population, especially the children, the elephants can watch from a safe distance. Even schools of safe the Elephant be financed so that the children can enjoy a high school education, so as to not have to resort to poaching to earn money.

Elephant Watch

Elephant Watch Safari works closely with Save the Elephants. So Safaris and tours offered by the elephants in their natural habitats.