Our ranger teams are on call 24/7 because living alongside wildlife isn’t always easy. Elephants sometimes wander into farmland, wildlife can end up in trouble, and people can find themselves in harm’s way. They can be serious moments, and that’s why our rangers move quickly to protect lives and keep the peace. But sometimes, the call brings hope—a reminder that people and wildlife can share this land, and that with your support, we can help make it possible.
Our rangers are the core of our operations, and the heart and soul of our conservation success in Greater Amboseli. Without them, the fabric of Amboseli would unravel.
And without you, none of it is possible. By becoming a monthly donor in Big Life’s Ranger Club, you not only support the protection of threatened wildlife and habitats, you also help us conserve resources. Monthly giving maximizes the impact of your gift by providing reliable funding for our conservation programs.
We’re aiming for 50 new Ranger Club members this month. Will you be one of the 50?
All new monthly donors in July will be entered into a drawing to win a gorgeous poster of One Ton - one of Amboseli’s magnificent tusker elephants, protected by our rangers.
There are other perks to joining, including exclusive program updates, an annual impact report, and discounts on Big Life merchandise in our e-store.
This is traffic not driven by the start or end of the workday, but by the rhythm of life itself.
Big Life’s camera traps capture every animal moving between Amboseli National Park and the Kimana Sanctuary, and the pictures show how these movements vary with the seasons. The tens of thousands of images also illuminate an extraordinary conservation success…
The giraffe is one of our world’s most iconic mammals, yet it faces an uncertain future.
While their improbable elegance has enchanted humans for as long as we have been able to depict them, it is perhaps this same timeless quality that has led to them being overlooked.
Giraffe Conservation Foundation estimates there could be as few as 140,000 giraffes left in Africa. And just over 14,000 of those live in Kenya.
Giraffes are large, long-lived, and breed slowly. This makes them particularly vulnerable to human activity, and here in Amboseli they are targeted for bushmeat and sometimes die from becoming entangled in wire fences.
Giraffes benefit from living alongside pastoralist communities who also need vast open landscapes. The best way to protect these African icons is to ensure they still have large areas of intact habitat, and to reduce pressure from poachers and illegal fencing. Big Life actively works to resolve all three of these issues.
Working with communities, we have protected more than 100,000 acres of wildlife and livestock-compatible conservancies in the last two years, to ensure the Amboseli ecosystem stays open and connected. We have arrested 540 bushmeat poachers in 301 incidents since 2015, and we promote pastoralism by paying an average of $114,000 a year in compensation to livestock owners for losses incurred by predators.
Our approach is working. Amidst declining population statistics elsewhere, Amboseli’s giraffe population has been slowly increasing.
It’s a remarkable achievement, but to keep this momentum, we need your support. So the next time you see an image of a giraffe, please remember their plight, and consider donating to Big Life.
Photo: Joshua Clay
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