{"id":813,"date":"2019-01-02T16:32:48","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T16:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nplbeta.infradoxxs.com\/blog\/?p=813"},"modified":"2019-02-21T13:16:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T13:16:54","slug":"new-conservation-project-tsavo-trust-big-tusker-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/02\/new-conservation-project-tsavo-trust-big-tusker-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsavo Trust – Big Tusker Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tsavo Trust\"Tsavo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tsavo Trust\u2019s<\/a> aim is to conserve the vast wilderness of the Tsavo Conservation Area, that encompasses Kenya\u2019s biggest Protected Area, is home to Kenya\u2019s largest elephant population, several iconic tuskers, and is one of the few truly wild places with significant wildlife left in Africa. This national heritage is under threat and faces multiple challenges including wildlife crime, climate change and habitat loss. Tsavo Trust works on a unique strategy, in partnership with Kenya Wildlife Service and other partners on direct wildlife conservation projects as well as engaging specific local communities in the stewardship of community conservancies.<\/p>\n\"African\n

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Big Tusker Project<\/strong><\/p>\n

Historically, elephants carrying tusks weighing in excess of 100lbs (45kg) per side were known as \u201chundred pounders\u201d and were much\u00a0sought after by hunters and poachers alike but also by many visiting\u00a0tourists to Kenya. Today, at least 8 of these giant bull Tuskers remain in Tsavo, and it is their protection from ivory poachers (alongside the\u00a0protection of other impressive emerging bulls (at least 20 of them) that will be the \u201chundred pounders\u201d of the future) that provides the\u00a0rationale behind the Big Tusker Project. There are also at least 5 iconic cow Tuskers with tusks reaching the ground. The Tsavo Conservation Area arguably holds the last remaining sustainable population of large \u201cSuper Tuskers\u201d on this\u00a0planet today. If they are not secured now they could be gone forever. Tsavo Trust\u2019s Big Tusker Project works in full collaboration with the Kenya Wildlife Service, other conservation and research partners, conscientious corporations and many individual supporters.\u00a0 This monitoring is carried out by Tsavo Trust\u2019s Aerial Unit providing regular \u201ceyes in the sky\u201d working in tandem with ground protection teams who provide \u201ceyes and ears\u201d on the ground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tsavo Trust Tsavo Trust\u2019s aim is to conserve the vast wilderness of the Tsavo Conservation Area, that encompasses Kenya\u2019s biggest Protected Area, is home to Kenya\u2019s largest elephant population, several iconic tuskers, and is one of the few truly wild places with significant wildlife left in Africa. This national heritage is under threat and faces…<\/p>\n

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