HOPE - the 02 Community Elephant

[Mi-Amigo]

The 02 Community is renown for its members offering help and for caring.

It is with great pleasure that I can announce that, thanks to the support of members of this Community, an adoption has been set up with the Born Free Foundation for what is known as the Elephant Family.

The Born Free Adoption Certificate will be in the name of the "02 Community".

It has been decided that one of these elephants should be named HOPE.

The adoption pack, with the adoption certifciate and photos of these beautiful creatures, should be received within the next few days and will be posted on this thread.

In the meantime, here is a short video of these beautiful elephants and the Born Free Foundation:

https://www.bornfree.org.uk/video-hub?page=2

scroll down and click "Adopt the Elephant Family" to watch

[Mi-Amigo]

May 2020 - "Hope" is not forgotten

Kenyan female rangers are risking their lives during the Covid-19 pandemic to protect animals in the Amboseli National Park, where our elephant "Hope" is

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-05/09/c_139041612.htm

I will try and find any recent photos of "Hope" but no doubt has been difficult for photographers during these times. 

[TallTrees]

I always think of our dear Elephant friends @Mi-Amigo
Difficult times for everyone

[Cleoriff]

Lots of wildlife are suffering. I doubt Covid 19 is stopping the poachers

[jonsie]

Terrible time for the elephants in Thailand who depend on tourism

There is a sanctuary for four elephants where I live and we took food every week

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-52110551

[Cleoriff]

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@jonsie wrote:

Terrible time for the elephants in Thailand who depend on tourism

There is a sanctuary for four elephants where I live and we took food every week

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-52110551

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Makes me weep @jonsie 

[Mi-Amigo]

So sad @jonsie 

[Anonymous]

Wishing Hope and the Amboseli elephants well in these difficult times

I am sure @Mi-Amigo will update us when and if he has some news.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you for your post @Anonymous 

I have found a report from Kenya Broadcasting 1 June 2020

The rangers patrol 150,000 acres of community land surrounding Amboseli National Park to protect wildlife.

The patrol sought to ensure the safety of wildlife at risk of being poached due to the lack of visitors and hospitality staff in the area due to the global pandemic, which has impacted the local economy and incomes.

The Amboseli-Kilimanjaro landscape is a critical wildlife habitat that straddles the Kenya ând Tanzania border.

Patrols of this nature are essential to keep wildlife safe as they enhance collaboration amongst community and state agencies through information gathering and sharing, Cross border landscapes are particularly difficult to preserve as would be poachers take advantage of the fact that they cannot be pursued across the common border after committing their acts.

Collaboration amongst wildlife security agencies in the management and protection of wildlife has seen the area remain a safe haven for wildlife with only one elephant poached in the Amboseli ecosystem in 2018. Zero in 2019 and none so far this year.

Report doesn`t say, but Hope may well be one of the elephants in the background of the photo.

[Cleoriff]

@Mi-Amigo 

I watched a recent news bulletin about wild animals at protected areas in Africa.

The rangers do a magnificent job.

Sadly we have seen an increase in poaching since the advent of the pandemic.

[Anonymous]

@Mi-Amigo thank you for posting a report about Hope and the Amboseli elephants

@Cleoriff such sad news