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Stories

Collaring an Elephant

Homey's Story

How do you radio track an elephant? Well, you have to put a collar with a transmitter on it first. So how do you put a collar on a wild elephant? Read the story...

What does a translocated elephant do? If you put a collar with a transmitter on it first, you might find out. Read the story...

White Elephant

An Elephant Encounter

Does the white elephant really exist? She sure does! Quite happily browsing around in the scrub vegetation in and around the Yala National Park. Read the story... A day’s observation of elephants in the field brought to a swift conclusion by an ‘elephant drive’... Read the story...

First Post-Tsunami Expedition to Block II

 

The tsunami in Dec. 2004 came in the wet season. Block II in the Yala National Park is practically non-navigable in the wet season. So it was hard to get there to see what happened... Read the story...