Wild Foundation Archives - Wildlife Photography Africa

Photographic safari to Mali delayed again

04/08/2015 Martin Africa, Conservation, Mali, Migration, Travel, Wildlife

Sadly it looks as though our planned safari to Mali remains a distant prospect as terrorist attacks still plague the Timbuktu/Gourma region. For the past couple of years we’ve been sitting on a lovely itinerary that combines some of Mali’s better known attractions like the Dogon region, the riverside town of Mopti and Djenne’s mud mosque with some time spent[…]

Interview with Dr Susan Canney, Director of the Mali Elephant Project

16/06/2015 Martin Africa, Conservation, Mali, Migration, Travel, Wildlife

NOTE: 01 Feb 2016 I’ve re-posted this interview because the threat to Mali’s elephants is becoming even more worrying. Poachers have exploited the on-going civil conflict in Mali to poach more elephants than ever before and unless action is taken very soon there is a real danger of Africa’s northernmost herd of elephants being wiped out. The Mali Elephant Project has[…]

Mali elephants under siege again

15/06/2015 Martin Africa, Conservation, Mali, Migration, Wildlife

Africa’s northernmost herd of elephants have long been a fascination of mine and I have followed the Mali Elephant Project with both with interest and anxiety as tribal conflicts and civil war have threatened their survival. Earlier this year, as background to a trip I have been planning to visit Mali’s elephants, I carried out an interview with the Director[…]