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Still in the News: Elephant Poaching Continues

August 30, 2016 By Guy St. Clair

  Friends and colleagues know that among Mr. Guy’s favorite things in life (aside from his family, it goes without saying), elephants rank high up there, probably the result of his thrilling experiences living in Kenya and spending as much time as he could going off with his driver Charles to look for elephants. [More …

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Filed Under: Nature Tagged With: Africa - elephants, Elephant poaching, Elephants, Endangered species, Markham (Beryl)

Preliminary Thoughts about Mr. Guy’s Elephant “Infatuation” (and Some Preliminary Photos)

August 5, 2013 By Guy St. Clair

Despite the first post (yesterday) referencing the FOGs/FOAs safari, I realize now that I didn’t give any “preview” for what the later posts might include. I wrote that one of the purposes of the safari was not only to experience the Great Migration with my friends, but to also share with them Mr. Guy’s great …

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Filed Under: Nature Tagged With: Africa - elephants, African bush elephant, Blixen (Karen)

Flat Stanley Goes to Kenya (4): Masai Mara Game Reserve

December 28, 2010 By Guy St. Clair

Masai Mara is one of the most famous game reserves in the world, a great place for a flat boy who wants to see some of the wild animals he has read about. I’ve had two previous adventures in Masai Mara, so I was pretty excited when I was going to be visiting the game …

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Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Africa - elephants, African buffalo, African bush elephant, Kenya - Maasai Manyatta, Maasai people, Masai Mara Game Reserve

Africa: The Migration (3) – Our Safari and Our First Elephants

September 2, 2010 By Guy St. Clair

The Best Four (Charles, Nerisa, Geoffrey, and Guy) took off for Masai Mara to see the migration, and we were hardly out of the campsite and into the game reserve before we were amazed at the numbers of wildebeests, zebras, and other migrating animals that had made their way to this magnificent grassland. We were immediately …

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Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Africa - elephants, Africa - migration, African bush elephant, Kenya - Masai Mara Game Reserve

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