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The story of a tusk – 28KG / VOI RIVER / 30/5/14
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
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Tagged Africa, Deeble and Stone, elephants, ivory, Kenya Wildlife Service, KUAPO, Salisha Chandra, Save the Elephants, The Elephant Movie, Tsavo
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Satao – the enigma
Alive, Satao was almost unknown; dead, he became legend. How did it happen? A year ago, Satao fell to a poacher’s poisoned arrow in a remote corner of Tsavo East National Park. When news of his death became known … Continue reading
Another place, another bull
I woke to the sound of heavy breathing – and lay still. Next came grass-ripping, followed by the sound of sliding cloth – first loud and rough, then soft and slick. I knew that the grass-ripping would be … Continue reading
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Tagged Deeble and Stone, elephants, ivory, Kenya, Kenya Wildlife Service, KWS, Mountain Bull, poaching, Save the Elephants, Tsavo, tusker
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Satao – a legend
When I last wrote about Satao, I felt that I couldn’t use his name. I could refer to him only as a ‘magnificent tusker’ or an ‘iconic Tsavo bull’. I feared that naming him would risk revealing where he lived. … Continue reading
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Tagged David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Deeble and Stone, elephants, ivory, KWS, poaching, Satao, Tsavo, Tsavo Trust, tusker
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Adopted by an elephant
Last evening a lion wandered through camp at dusk – just yards from where we were finishing up work for the day. It skirted the fire, and walked calmly down the path, between the tents and out onto the floodplain … Continue reading
A day shared with elephants
When Vicky and I first arrived in East Africa we had a lot to learn. We’d spent thousands of hours filming underwater, but very few on land, and none in Africa – we were, quite literally, wet behind … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, elephant, elephants, ivory, Kenya, matriarch, naturalist, Serengeti, Tsavo, wet season, wildlife filmmaking, wildlife photography
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Satao: last of the great tuskers
Ever since we started filming in Tsavo we’d looked for a big tusker – but they are elusive. It’s the reason they are still alive. They are also very rare. They are bulls with tusks so large that they can … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, bull, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, elephants, ivory, Kenya, Kenya Wildlife Service, poaching, Satao, Tsavo, Tsavo Trust, tusker, wildlife filmmaking
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The sweet smell of petrichor
A week ago in Tsavo, we had an unseasonal storm of rain. We’d been flying, doors off, searching for the matriarch that we’d not seen for a while. As the cloud thickened and lowered, and dark skeins of rain descended … Continue reading
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Tagged African wildlife, biodiversity, elephants, ivory, Kenya, odour, petrichor, poaching, scent, smell, Tsavo, wildlife filmmaking
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A most beautiful elephant
In a meeting recently in London, I described a particular elephant as, “the most beautiful I’d ever seen” and when questioned further, added that she was “elegant”. I surprised myself. There were a few smiles around the table and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, elephant, ivory, Kenya, matriarch, poaching, Tsavo, tusk, wildlife filmmaking
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Why we won’t miss elephants once they are gone
I’ve been making wildlife films in East Africa with my partner, Vicky, for 25 years (www.deeblestone.com). Now, together with Etienne Oliff and a small team, we’re making a film about elephants. By the time it is finished, we’ll have devoted … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, African wildlife, Alan Root, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, elephants, ivory, Kenya, poaching, rhinos, Simon Trevor, Tsavo, wildlife filmmaking
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