http://elephantswithoutborders.org/blog Research & Conservation: Solutions to save wildlife and people Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:32:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wildlife or habitat corridors are traditionally categorized by their size into either Regional, Sub-regional or Local. This weekend, driving out to EWB’s conservation farming project, we took a different route than our usual and came across an amazing small, local “corridor” that elephants have recently created. [caption id="attachment_637" align="alignright" width="300" caption="elephant ... http://elephantswithoutborders.org/blog/?p=632 [caption id="attachment_612" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Chobe river bank clean up, a success!"][/caption] On Thursday, Aug 5th, Elephants Without Borders joined forces with the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) to walk the shores of the Chobe River within Chobe National Park to pick up garbage and debris that had been deposited ... http://elephantswithoutborders.org/blog/?p=609 The elephant range in Botswana has expanded by 65%, during the last 15 years. Using our aerial survey and telemetry data from 55 collared elephants we estimate the current elephant range in northern Botswana to be 138 000 km2. The most noticeable range expansion has occurred south towards the Makgadikgadi ... http://elephantswithoutborders.org/blog/?p=584 During the last weekend of June, we, EWB, were busy gearing up our equipment, filling up fuel drums to transport into the field, and shopping for supplies to prepare for our second aerial wildlife survey (count) in the Okavango panhandle. (To read why we survey and other surveys conducted, see: ... http://elephantswithoutborders.org/blog/?p=570 EWB spent the last week in the field of Chobe National Park with the intentions of deploying 2 new satellite tracking collars on bull elephants. (to read more about EWB tracking: http://www.elephantswithoutborders.org/tracking.php) We were successful at deploying only one. We had decided it best to dart from the ground rather ... http://elephantswithoutborders.org/blog/?p=551 It is with a heavy heart that I must write this blog and make this announcement. Recently, we discovered one of our elephant ambassadors, Kachikau, was tragically found dead. After finding her and assessing the situation and circumstances, it is believed she died from wounds, being shot, not by poachers ... http://elephantswithoutborders.org/blog/?p=525 This year, our field work came to an early start and on a much grander scale than in previous years. Early January, Mike put together a team of 8, packed up the trucks with equipment and supplies and headed out past Chobe National Park and several villages, into the Chobe ... http://elephantswithoutborders.org/blog/?p=480 Elephants Without Borders, Mike and I, recently attended the International Elephant Conservation and Research Symposium, held by the International Elephant Foundation and hosted by the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, held on the Kwalata Game Ranch on Jan. 25-29. The program was attended by nearly 90 delegates representing 19 ... http://elephantswithoutborders.org/blog/?p=466 Every new year, to wind down from the Holiday hustle and bustle, nothing seems better than to relax by taking a casual drive through Chobe National Park.  This year it was no different, except for the unusual surprise when I hit the waterfront... crowded along the floodplains were thousands of ... http://elephantswithoutborders.org/blog/?p=433 After long and hesitant stays at permanent water sources during drier times, the elephants have finally begun to make their seasonal movements, due to a huge increase of water and food source availability. However, strangely enough, we are taking note of other factors that may also be influencing their journeys. In ... http://elephantswithoutborders.org/blog/?p=411