The day we collared Tim, the great tusker
Paula Kahumbu: The latest satellite tracking technology is helping to keep elephants safe from poachers— and away from farmers crops On a beautiful sunny day in Amboseli National Park, against the backdrop of snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro, a small group of cars was gathered at a safe distance around the prostrate bull elephant. The elephant lay still in the dust, head on the ground, his enormous tusks and trunk stretched out in front of him. Tension rose among the onlookers as the minutes
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