Tracking elephants and other large mammals in Africa

Oct 12, 2013

Tracking elephants and other large mammals in Africa

Matt Bracken 0 Comment The Baltimore Sun, Travel, World Africa, elephants, Kenya, Tanzania

Kenyan and Tanzanian governments started a joint aerial count of elephants and other large mammals in the shared ecosystem of the Amboseli-West Kilimanjaro and Natron-Magadi landscape. The one-week exercise, which started Oct. 7 and costs $104,000 dollars, is a collaboration between the two countries and the Kenya Wildlife Service, Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute and the African Wildlife Foundation, among others.

: Elephants graze in a marsh at Amboseli National Park, approximately 220 kilometers southeast of Nairobi. (TONY KARUMBA / AFP/Getty Images)

: A bull elephant walks at Amboseli National Park, approximately 220 kilometers southeast of Nairobi. (TONY KARUMBA / AFP/Getty Images)

: Zebras walk on a plain during an aerial census of fauna at Amboseli National Park, approximately 220 kilometers southeast of Nairobi. (TONY KARUMBA / AFP/Getty Images)

: Elephants react to an approaching airplane at Amboseli National Park, approximately 220 kilometers southeast of Nairobi. (TONY KARUMBA / AFP/Getty Images)

: An elephant grazes at sunset at Amboseli National Park, approximately 220 kilometers southeast of Nairobi. (TONY KARUMBA / AFP/Getty Images)

: Elephants graze at Amboseli National Park, approximately 220 kilometers southeast of Nairobi. (TONY KARUMBA / AFP/Getty Images)

: An elephant and its calf graze at Amboseli National Park, approximately 220 kilometers southeast of Nairobi. (TONY KARUMBA / AFP/Getty Images)

: Elephants graze in a marsh at Amboseli National Park, approximately 220 kilometers southeast of Nairobi. (TONY KARUMBA / AFP/Getty Images)

: Elephants walk next to a marsh at Amboseli National Park, approximately 220 kilometers southeast of Nairobi. (TONY KARUMBA / AFP/Getty Images)

: Wildebeest run on a plain at Amboseli National Park, approximately 220 kilometers southeast of Nairobi. (TONY KARUMBA / AFP/Getty Images)

: A bull elephant walks at Amboseli National Park, approximately 220 kilometers southeast of Nairobi. (TONY KARUMBA / AFP/Getty Images)

: An elephant grazes in a marsh at Amboseli National Park, approximately 220 kilometers southeast of Nairobi. (TONY KARUMBA / AFP/Getty Images)

: Elephants graze in a marsh at Amboseli National Park, approximately 220 kilometers southeast of Nairobi. (TONY KARUMBA / AFP/Getty Images)

: Zebras are seen at Amboseli National Park, approximately 220 kilometers southeast of Nairobi. (TONY KARUMBA / AFP/Getty Images)

: An elephant grazes at Amboseli National Park, approximately 220 kilometers southeast of Nairobi. (TONY KARUMBA / AFP/Getty Images)

: An elephant grazes at Amboseli National Park, approximately 220 kilometers southeast of Nairobi. (TONY KARUMBA / AFP/Getty Images)

: Elephants are seen at sunset at Amboseli National Park, approximately 220 kilometers southeast of Nairobi. (TONY KARUMBA / AFP/Getty Images)

: An elephant walks at Amboseli National Park, approximately 220 kilometers southeast of Nairobi. (TONY KARUMBA / AFP/Getty Images)

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