Kate Brooks, Photographer & Filmmaker

Photography: Wildlife

  • Zakouma National park was, until 2008l a dry season concentration area for one of the largest elephant populations in the central African region. However massive poaching caused the elephant population to plummet from approximately 3,9000 animals in 2005 to just 450 in 2010. Since African Parks assumed management of Zakouma in late 2010, an intensive anti-poaching program me has been implemented. As a result elephant numbers have stabilized and elephant calves have been observed for the first time in many years.
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  • Zakouma National park was, until 2008l a dry season concentration area for one of the largest elephant populations in the central African region. However massive poaching caused the elephant population to plummet from approximately 3,9000 animals in 2005 to just 450 in 2010. Since African Parks assumed management of Zakouma in late 2010, an intensive anti-poaching program me has been implemented. As a result elephant numbers have stabilized and elephant calves have been observed for the first time in many years.
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  • The International Fund for Animal Welfare published a study into the illegal wildlife trade in June 2013 which calculated that an elephant dies to poaching every 15 minutes. The National Academy of Science published a report in August 2014 citing that 100,000 elephants have been killed over the last three years. Some elephants are shot, while others are poisoned with arrows or pieces of metal. This one was poisoned.
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  • Zakouma National park was, until 2008, a dry season concentration area for one of the largest elephant populations in the central African region. However massive poaching caused the elephant population to plummet from approximately 3,9000 animals in 2005 to just 450 in 2010. Since African Parks assumed management of Zakouma in late 2010, an intensive anti-poaching program me has been implemented. As a result elephant numbers have stabilized and elephant calves have been observed for the first time in many years. // With growing insecurity in the region, particularly CAR, representatives and soldiers from the Tchadian National Nomadic Guard came to Zakouma to discuss security matters as a precaution for poachers and militias potentially crossing into the park.
  • Zakouma National park was, until 2008, a dry season concentration area for one of the largest elephant populations in the central African region. However massive poaching caused the elephant population to plummet from approximately 3,9000 animals in 2005 to just 450 in 2010. Over the past few years an intensive anti-poaching program me has been implemented. As a result elephant numbers have stabilized and elephant calves have been observed for the first time in many years.
  • Zakouma National park was, until 2008, a dry season concentration area for one of the largest elephant populations in the central African region. However massive poaching caused the elephant population to plummet from approximately 3,9000 animals in 2005 to just 450 in 2010. // Elephant Tracks through Zakouma National Park.
  • Zakouma National park was, until 2008l a dry season concentration area for one of the largest elephant populations in the central African region. However massive poaching caused the elephant population to plummet from approximately 3,9000 animals in 2005 to just 450 in 2010. Since African Parks assumed management of Zakouma in late 2010, an intensive anti-poaching program me has been implemented. As a result elephant numbers have stabilized and elephant calves have been observed for the first time in many years. // Confiscated weapons and ivory are stockpiled in a storeroom at Zakouma National Park.
  • A dwindling elephant population inhabits the fringes of the desert and utilizes the vegetation found on the shores of the lake.
  • In March 2013 86 elephants, several of whom were pregnant, were reported to have been killed by poachers near Fianga close to the border of Cameroon. Elephant bones are scattered across the massacre.
  • In March 2013 86 elephants, several of whom were pregnant, were reported to have been killed by poachers near Fianga close to the border of Cameroon. Elephant bones are scattered across the massacre.
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  • An onslaught of rhino poaching at Kruger National Park has left South African National Parks with a backlog of cases. The park's forensics team inspects a crime scene 10km from the park's edge, looking for the bullets that killed the rhinos along with any other evidence. The culprit's are believed to be South African nationals and are part of a gang that have killed several rhinos, always taking only one--the larger-horn. Two rhinos were shot and killed- a male and female near a drinking hole. The female was thought to be pregnant, which is why she was accompanied by a male.
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  • Women mourn at the funeral of Vusi Nyathi, a poacher who was shot and killed in Kruger National Park.
  • Three of the last seven Northern White rhinos left in the world follow the Kenya Police Reserve who protect them, as they head out on their daily evening patrol.
  • The carcass of an elephant named Bonsai, who was shot several times and killed in June, decays in Buffalo Springs. Bonsai's mother was also killed by poachers. Both were monitored by Save the Elephants.
  • In March 2013 86 elephants, several of whom were pregnant, were reported to have been killed by poachers in Chad close to the border of Cameroon. Elephant bones are scattered across the massacre site.
  • Zakouma National park was, until 2008, a dry season concentration area for one of the largest elephant populations in the central African region. However massive poaching caused the elephant population to plummet from approximately 3,9000 animals in 2005 to just 450 in 2010. Over the past few years an intensive anti-poaching program me has been implemented. As a result elephant numbers have stabilized and elephant calves have been observed for the first time in many years.
  • Kenya Wildlife Service rangers patrol through Ramuruti forest in Laikipia, Kenya, a corridor for elephants. In April 2013 a number of elephants were killed there, including the decomposing carcass of this one.
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