Chris Thouless

[Elephant Crisis Fund @ElephantCrisis]

Read our latest report to learn how the Elephant Crisis Fund is working to secure a future for African elephants as they face multiple threats from poaching, conflict, and habitat loss. https://t.co/TDwNyPggvJ

📸 Kyle Hinde / Matusadona National Park / African Parks

[Chris Thouless @ChrisThouless]

Nobel Prize medal in Physics donated to Trinity Hall, Cambridge - BBC News https://t.co/44ipA8PjPp

[Elephant Crisis Fund @ElephantCrisis]

A decade of saving elephants! 🐘
In the latest ECF Annual Report we share the incredible strides made for Africa’s elephants thanks to a global coalition that has helped address the most pressing issues in elephant conservation. Read more: https://t.co/YCTrvprT5o

📷 David Giffin

[Save the Elephants @ste_kenya]

Our @ElephantCrisis (ECF) mid-year newsletter is out! Packed with exciting field updates, learn more about the valiant conservation efforts by ECF partners towards safeguarding elephant populations across Africa. https://t.co/ZTJjKT5K7Q

📷 @ChrisThouless

[Elephant Crisis Fund @ElephantCrisis]

The ECF is at CITES! We’re in Panama for the 19th meeting of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP19) to discuss jumbo matters and give elephants a voice. Pass by the STE booth to learn more!

📷 STE

[Save the Elephants @ste_kenya]

Today, our @ElephantCrisis Director, Dr Chris Thouless, will present the new @IUCN African Elephant Specialist Group status report on African forest elephants. Chris is the author of the last IUCN status report.

📷 STE

[Elephant Crisis Fund @ElephantCrisis]

Site visits allow the ECF team to monitor the impact of ECF funding, share knowledge and expertise, and keep informed. A great example of this is Chris Thouless’ trip to Central Africa earlier this year. Read more here: https://t.co/FILGqshbu6

📸 Chris Thouless

[Elephant Crisis Fund @ElephantCrisis]

What do backhoes have to do with elephant conservation?! An ECF-funded tractor-loader-backhoe (TLB) purchased in 2015 has deterred poaching & increased tourism income by improving road access in the Zambezi Valley in Zimbabwe. Read the full story here: https://t.co/v6SEoC1TS7

[Save the Elephants @ste_kenya]

A special message from STE's Head of Human-Elephant Coexistence (HEC), Dr Lucy King, about our newly launched HEC toolbox and how it will help rural communities coexist with elephants 🐘👪🐘

Message 👉 https://t.co/ZhziVQYPVY
Toolbox 👉 https://t.co/DJy91Ov8UM

#WorldElephantDay

[Elephant Crisis Fund @ElephantCrisis]

Our mid-year update is now out!

Exploring the successes and challenges experienced by our conservation partners so far in 2022. Read more here: https://t.co/TlVrfJix8V

📷 Lucy King/@ste_kenya

#WorldElephantDay

[Elephant Crisis Fund @ElephantCrisis]

Another suspected high-level wildlife trafficker was arrested yesterday. Abdi Hussein Ahmed had been indicted by US authorities for trafficking of elephant ivory and rhino horns, as well as conspiracy to distribute heroin, and a US$1 million reward offered.