Save the Elephants
Nairobi, 5 March 2010
Flood relief effort update

Following the devastating flood yesterday evening which destroyed both
Save the Elephants (STE) research facility and Elephant Watch Safari
Camp located in Samburu National Reserve, Kenya, the relief, funding
and reconstruction effort is firmly under way.

Incredibly, no staff were hurt or injured, and the majority of
wildlife, including the elephant population, was also not harmed by
the deluge.

Staff today salvaged what remained of computers, key research data and
facilities, trawling through the mud which engulfed their tents after
waters subsided yesterday afternoon.

However, most of the facility, equipment and data has been lost, and a
major funding effort is now under way.

“We would like to extend our gratitude to our donors and partners who
have already pledged funds for the rebuilding of the facility. They
recognise that the elephant research projects we are conducting are
too important to halt due to this calamity,” says Operations Manager
Lucy King.

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