We have made amazing strides for elephants in 2024! As you read this email a ranger is on patrol, a sting operation to catch wildlife criminals is being planned, and valuable data is being collected. Our work never stops. By supporting the International Elephant Foundation you have enabled:

• Support for 24 elephant conservation projects in 15 countries!
• Construction of a brand new ranger station in Uganda.
• Continuing and expansion of the K9 Detection & Tracking Unit in Zambezi, Zambia.
• Protection and patrol of potentially the largest connected breeding herd of critically endangered Sumatran elephants.

• The first test doses of a vaccine for Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus.
• Rescue and assistance to injured wildlife like tigers, pangolin, and more!
• Community education and outreach for families and farmers affected by Human-elephant conflict (HEC) in Asia and Africa.

• Aerial surveillance of Tsavo’s last remaining Big Tuskers, Iconic Cows, and Emerging Tuskers.
• Removal of thousands of snares & traps.
• Stopping and arresting poachers, wildlife criminals, and ivory dealers.

And more work is still being done!

Conservation work does not take a day off. There is no time like the present to secure a future for elephants!

Can we count on your help? Right now, through the end of the year, you can DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT FOR ELEPHANTS! A generous donor has offered to match donations, dollar for dollar, up to $50,000. Help elephants today!

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by Tricia Berry

This was the morning to experience why we’d come to Zambia—meeting the CLZ K9 team. After breakfast, we walked with Frances, Donovan, and Peter, leader of the CLZ K9 contingent, to the kennels to meet the anti-poaching ranger team and their trained dogs. This was very personal to me as I have supported the K9 team and the building of their kennels with my donations for multiple years. Read the rest…