http://elephantsofbotswana.wildlifedirect.org Learn with us as we follow the elephants of Botswana. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:16:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A little late, but here is a short account of the aerial survey work I arrived in Tubu Tree Lodge on the next door concession on Sunday, just in time for lunch, having been picked up by the rest of the team from our airstrip. The team is led ... http://elephantsofbotswana.wildlifedirect.org/2009/11/21/aerial-surveyskate-evans-october-2009/ As I write this a rain thunders down onto the tin roof of our office and takes away the oppressive heat of the day. The storm has been building for a few days now and the humidity has been bearing down on us, it is wonderful to welcome ... http://elephantsofbotswana.wildlifedirect.org/2009/11/19/rain-rain-rain/ Wednesday 12th November. After a very successful fundraising trip to the states, Sim and I drove our personal vehicle back to camp, an 8 hour journey from Maun, through the endless Mopane forest which inhabits the sand tongue that leads us to our camp at the end of the ... http://elephantsofbotswana.wildlifedirect.org/2009/11/15/back-in-camp-at-last/ We did it......... we RAN the marathon..... and we actually enjoyed it!!! Which was not what I was expecting at all. The day started early with the alarm going off at 0430 as we had to get a bus at 0530. So we ate our porridge and then ... http://elephantsofbotswana.wildlifedirect.org/2009/11/13/the-nyc-marathon-by-kate-evans/ Sim and I have been taking it easy today, staying at a friends in NYC. Yesterday we went to the Expo to register and collect our numbers. We walked along 34th street and as we got closer there were more and more fit people carrying bags.  It was about then ... http://elephantsofbotswana.wildlifedirect.org/2009/10/31/one-day-to-go-until-the-nyc-marathon/ Hello all, Sim and I have had a rather hectic schedule on our fund-raising tour of America. First stop was the Elephant Managers Association conference in Houston, then we visited and spoke to the Chicago Zoological Society, next was the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, who have supported our work for the ... http://elephantsofbotswana.wildlifedirect.org/2009/10/24/marathon-nerves/ Mafunyane was last sighted in May 2009. There after he disappeared until he emerged again at end of September. Mafunyane’s collar had not been functioning so we had been relying on visual sightings to gather data. We heard first of his presence by guides at Horseback (a nearby ... http://elephantsofbotswana.wildlifedirect.org/2009/10/06/mafunyane-has-a-new-collar-by-mphoeng/ This week has been terribly busy, soooo busy in fact that we have not had time to blog about it, but we will get there. We have had aerial surveys, two collarings and we started the soft release process on an adult male elephants....... so come back soon to find ... http://elephantsofbotswana.wildlifedirect.org/2009/10/02/news/ Hi  Everyone, I am living camp for a few days to help out with some aerial surveys that are taking place over the concession where we work and the neighbouring one. I am very excited about it as I have only ever read about aerial surveys and the methodologies involved so I ... http://elephantsofbotswana.wildlifedirect.org/2009/09/26/aerial-survey-by-kate/ So, sorry about the double upload last time. Our current satellite Internet connection is intermittent and very slow. The upload didn’t appear to have worked at the first attempt, so we tried again and now we have two! Oh well. I’ve been writing down some very short notes from ... http://elephantsofbotswana.wildlifedirect.org/2009/09/26/settling-in%e2%80%a6-by-simon-buckingham/