Tag Archives: elephants

The story of a tusk – 28KG / VOI RIVER / 30/5/14

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Mark Deeble

The Ivory Burn is about to happen and for days the internet has been full of pictures of the pyres being built, conservationists having their pictures taken with tusks, and heart-felt video pleas. Despite the piles of tusks rising … Continue reading →

Posted in Tsavo | Tagged Africa, Deeble and Stone, elephants, ivory, Kenya Wildlife Service, KUAPO, Salisha Chandra, Save the Elephants, The Elephant Movie, Tsavo | 37 Comments

The Elephant Movie – the sound of it

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Mark Deeble

Sound. We don’t pay enough attention to it. We all have our favourite evocative smells – lemon verbena, petrichor, Atlantic cliff gorse on a summer afternoon… I think I can identify at least half a dozen Cornish sea fish … Continue reading →

Posted in Tsavo | Tagged Alan Root, Deeble and Stone, Elephant Voices, elephants, Joan Root, Norbert Rottcher, sound recording, The Elephant Movie, The Tides of Kirawira, Tsavo, wildlife filmmaking, Wounded Buffalo | 23 Comments

Satao – one year on

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Mark Deeble

Recently, I flew to find Satao’s remains. The anniversary of his death was approaching and I felt compelled to visit. Besides, I rationalised, I was curious to see to what extent the nutrient overload had killed the vegetation, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Tsavo | Tagged biodiversity, Deeble and Stone, elephants, Great Elephant Census, Kenya, poaching, Satao, The Elephant Movie, Tsavo, tusk, tusker, wildlife filmmaking | 26 Comments

The Elephant Movie – the beginning

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Mark Deeble

Together with a small team, we are making a film about elephants. It will have taken over five years by the time we finish – but the research phase will have taken almost thirty. The idea has arisen … Continue reading →

Posted in Tsavo | Tagged Alan Root, biodiversity, Deeble and Stone, elephants, Kenya, The Elephant Movie, Tsavo, wildlife feature film, wildlife filmmaking | 32 Comments

Ndume : the story of an elephant

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Mark Deeble

It reads like environmental pulp fiction: A tribal family’s ancestral forest home is surrounded and cutoff from the main forest by illegal loggers and slash-and-burn farmers. When they eventually break out to try to rejoin the main tribe, they … Continue reading →

Posted in Tsavo | Tagged bull, Chota, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Deeble and Stone, elephants, Kenya, Ndume, Sheldrick Trust, The Elephant Movie, Tsavo | 79 Comments

Hope for elephants – one woman’s passion

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Mark Deeble

There is a lot of news about elephants, and a lot of noise about them. I subscribe to forums, and newsletters from elephant-centric NGOs, and sometimes it can be hard to remain positive. Every day we get email alerts highlighting … Continue reading →

Posted in Northern Kenya | Tagged camel safari, Deeble and Stone, Elephant conservation, elephants, Halvor Astrup, Helen Douglas Dufresne, Helen Dufresne, Kenya, Ndotos, pastoralist, Pete Ilsley, Samburu, The Milgis Trust, wildlife filmmaking | 25 Comments

Elephant Rock

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Mark Deeble

There is a rock at the end of Kivuko kopje that has intrigued me ever since I first walked past it. Three years ago, we refurbished an abandoned cattle camp at Kivuko as a base for filming. We cut an … Continue reading →

Posted in Tsavo | Tagged Africa, African wildlife, Deeble and Stone, elephants, Kenya, Rubbing rock, Tsavo, wildlife filmmaking | 8 Comments

(Ambos)ele

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Mark Deeble

Once every few years a group of Tsavo eles journeys to Amboseli. Recently, we did the same. We flew into the late afternoon sun, away from the ochre dusts, towards Kilimanjaro. Ever since I was a child in … Continue reading →

Posted in Amboseli | Tagged Amboseli, Deeble and Stone, drought, elephants, Kenya, Mzima, Mzima: haunt of the Riverhorse, The Queen of Trees, wildebeest, wildlife filmmaking | 22 Comments

Raindrops in the dust

Posted on September 28, 2014 by Mark Deeble

Yesterday it rained in Tsavo. It was the first time in months. It wasn’t a downpour, but was enough to fill the shower bucket an inch or so. There had been signs. The evening before, we’d seen scorpions out … Continue reading →

Posted in Tsavo | Tagged Deeble and Stone, elephants, Kenya, Rain, Tsavo, wildlife filmmaking | 13 Comments

Satao – the legacy

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Mark Deeble

It’s been months since I was in the ‘hot-box’. The unseasonal rain that scattered Tsavo’s elephants has passed and we have seen the return of the dry season winds. In the past few weeks, they’ve wicked the moisture from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Tsavo | Tagged Amboseli Trust for Elephants, Deeble and Stone, elephants, Kenya, poaching, Satao, Tsavo, tusker | 28 Comments

	Kiern Pettican on Alan Root
	Hiram Astin on Satao – a legend
	Jack Siler on Alan Root
	Jack Siler on Alan Root
	Kiern Pettican on Alan Root

	Kiern Pettican on Alan Root
	Hiram Astin on Satao – a legend
	Jack Siler on Alan Root
	Jack Siler on Alan Root
	Kiern Pettican on Alan Root