Sometimes being remote has its challenges and in this last year we have lost alot of sleep because we’ve had a string of Elephants limping badly, or very poorly for various reasons, some gun shot wounds, but mainly a disease the Samburu call ‘Lokuchum’ and sadly most of the time we have not been able […]
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These two beautiful girls, Lene Maria and Maria Annette sadly are not with us any more… but in their memory so many people in Samburu land have a smile!! so we thank the two families the Bergums and Ofstads for every thing they have done.. Lene Maria was so kind to Maria Annette in […]
THINKING and THANKING YOU SARAH!! We wish you all the luck in the world to finish this amazing challenge!! BUT the blog is all about this amazing girl Sarah bourghardt who raced in the hardest ski race in the world a few years back to raise awareness and money for the ‘Milgis’ and now […]
Its true elephants never forget!.. They know there is a remote mountain further north that used to be part of their ‘home’ and they have been probing the desert north/east of the Ndotos to see if theres a way back to Kulal.. .. We are all excited about it!..As this is at the crux of […]
It should be the end of the dry season by now?? .. Its such a tough time for every living thing.. Here its HOT, DRY, VERY WINDY, DUSTY and nothing left for the animals to eat.. Water is hard to find.. The fires rage.. Its so tinder dry they catch so easily… So this cloud […]
This Young elephant had slipped into this well 36 hours before and it was just luck that somebody passed by and saw him.. If we had not been on the end of a radio he would have baked in the hot sun inside this horror hole.. With in 5 minutes of hearing about it on […]
The Milgis Trust was started because this forgotten and totally unique part of the world needed some sort of protection.. The forests were burning and the Wildlife was disappearing!…. All sadly caused by humans… I’ve written plenty of blogs on the issue!! BUT Its difficult to talk to a thirsty man in the desert […]
This was sadly the situation this March 2015 up in the Ndoto mountains.. The sight of the fires was just so terrible that of course I did not think of taking pictures.. this was the sight at night, every day another fire.. It is difficult to deal with fires as no one actually lives on […]
in our opinion THERES NO CONSERVATION WITH OUT FAMILY PLANNING!???.. So here goes! Up in northern Kenya, we are lucky to be able to say ‘the stable door may be open but we are trying to close it before its too late!!.. This is all about the future of this area, and every one having […]
Hello every one, again!! Yes, long time no hear from me, because of a sad thing that happened in July.. my blog starts off with a small thank you to nature for giving my brother an amazing 51 years of fun on this world Simon loved what we are doing up in the Milgis and […]
