Save the Elephants

Founded 1993
Founder Iain Douglas-Hamilton
Type Non-profit organization
Focus Wildlife conservation
Location
  • United Kingdom
  • London
Area served
 Kenya, Mali, Gabon, Congo
Staff
 14[1]
Slogan To protect, preserve, research, educate and develop man's relationship.[2]
Website savetheelephants.org

Save the Elephants is a London-headquartered nonprofit organization founded in September 1993 by Iain Douglas-Hamilton. Save the Elephants works to sustain elephant populations and preserve the habitats in which elephants are found, while at the same time fostering a heightened appreciation and visibility for elephants and their often fragile existence. The organization uses a four pillar approach to fulfill its mission statement, combining habitat protection, research, grass roots organization and involvement,[2] and through disseminating information through television,[3] films, publications[4] and new media sources.

Save the Elephants has been instrumental in helping to revitalize African elephant populations, while at the same time, increasing awareness in the many issues which threaten to erode elephant populations and the habitats in which they live.[5] Iain Douglas Hamilton has played an integral role in stopping the illegal ivory trade throughout the world, while at the same time raising the profile of elephant conservation and awareness.[6]

Primarily based in Samburu National Reserve in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya, Save the Elephants carries out rigorous studies of elephants, including elephant collaring and more recently, sophisticated elephant tracking techniques.

Save the Elephants has been featured in numerous film, television and print articles, including National Geographic.[5] The BBC Natural History Unit series The Secret Life of Elephants, screened in 2009, featured Iain and his work.[7]

Recently, Save the Elephants has teamed up with Google Earth Outreach to efficiently track and protect herds of African Elephants from poachers. This partnership has given them the ability to monitor migration movements and notify the Kenyan Wildlife Service if anything seems to have gone awry.[8] Save the elephants is also partnered with the Wildlife Conservation Network[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Charity Overview". Charity Commission. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Four Pillars". Save The Elephants. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
  3. ↑ "Elly Telly: The Secret Life of Elephants". Radio Times. 10 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
  4. ↑ "Publications". Save The Elephants. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "The Elephants of Samburu". National Geographic. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
  6. ↑ "Founder Profile". Save The Elephants. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
  7. ↑ "The Secret Life of Elephants BBC Microsite". BBC. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
  8. ↑ http://news.discovery.com/tech/google-earth-120420.html
  9. ↑ "Save The Elephants". Wildlife Conservation Network.

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