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Close Encounters of the Endangered Kind: Episode 6
With the afternoon unscheduled, we decided to visit the steep northern Zambezi Escarpment. This is a long cliff created ages ago along a fault line. The Zambezi River flows below it. As the dry season continues, the […]
Close Encounters of the Endangered Kind: Episode 5
We returned to our lodging just as the chef was putting out a beautiful riverside dinner for the three of us, taking into account the meal preferences we had emailed weeks ago. Entertainment that night was provided […]
Close Encounters of the Endangered Kind: Episode 4
After lunch and a rest, Sam, a guide with more than twenty years’ experience working at Chongwe River Camp, took us on a game drive into LZNP. He told us that early evening is especially good for […]
Close Encounters of the Endangered Kind: Episode 3
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 […]
Close Encounters of the Endangered Kind: Episode 2
At the headquarters, Frances Hannah and Donovan Rule, CLZ’s project and grants managers welcomed us with a pre-dinner, flat-bottomed motor boat ride on the Zambezi River. Motoring swiftly along the water we saw herds of grazing impalas, […]
Close Encounters of the Endangered Kind: Episode 1
We are three animal-loving Americans with a particular appreciation for elephants. My husband Joe and I live in San Diego and are avid supporters of the U.S.-based International Elephant Foundation (IEF), and our companion was our friend […]
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Rescuing Earth’s Majestic Giants
Rescuing Earth’s Majestic Giants
By Caitlin Olson
Senior Animal Care Professional, ZooTampa at Lowry Park Approximately eight billion people inhabit the Earth. There once was a time when there were over ten million elephants roaming the […]
IEF 25th Anniversary
25 Years of Preserving Elephants Thank you!
You helped us reach our goal of increasing our Facebook/META followers by 250 people. Why 250, you ask? This year we are focused on all things 25 because […]
Snare Mountain
Snare Mountain 
The International Elephant Foundation (IEF) is sharing exclusive photos by world-renowned photojournalist Paul Hilton dubbed “Snare Mountain,” a massive pile of wire snares and leg-hold traps confiscated […]
Building A Bridge: Connecting Humans & Elephants for Mutual Benefit
Author: Sarah Conley
International Elephant Foundation
(originally appeared in the Journal of the Elephant Managers Association (JEMA) Volume 33, No. 3. November 2022) Founded in 1998, the International Elephant Foundation’s (IEF) mission has always been to […]
