In Memory of Beth Malcolm
Julie, Neil and Bob would like to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone following the very sad message regarding the passing of Beth. We have been overwhelmed with messages of sympathy and condolences from our friends, valued clients and from within the Travel Industry. It has been a wonderful tribute to Beth and shows how treasured she was by all of us.
We would like to announce that we now have a memorial webpage, which supports a subject very close to Beth’s heart – the preservation of African Wildlife. The Tsavo Trust are committed to professional wildlife conservation activities, grass-roots community engagement, and maintaining valued partnerships and committed supporters combine to create a circle for the protection of Tsavo’s wilderness.
We ask in memory of Beth and her love for African wildlife, that donations are made to support this cause on behalf of Beth and her legacy.
About Tsavo Trust
The Tsavo Trust is a field-based, Kenyan not-for-profit conservation organisation. It aims to protect the final gene pool of Super Tusker elephants from the relentless threat of poaching, and to give these magnificent creatures a right to life in the wild.
Headquartered in the Kamungi Community Conservancy, which borders Tsavo East National Park (TENP), they are a team of professionals from the world of conservation and wildlife management in Kenya and have an excellent understanding of the challenges that the TCA faces.
Founded in 2013, Tsavo Trust was inspired by the discovery of the first Super Tusker in Tsavo by the founder Richard Moller. When he showed it to conservationists in Nairobi and abroad, no-one believed that an elephant with tusks of this size still existed. Following significant aerial monitoring and surveillance, along with extensive ground patrols, Richard and his team were able to identify 14 similar creatures. What had been discovered that year in Tsavo was beyond what many thought possible: an existing and viable breeding ground for one of the rarest and most remarkable animals on Earth: the Super Tusker elephant.
These enormous African elephants carry ivory which weigh an incredible 100lbs or more on each side. Often, their tusks are so long they reach right down to the ground and wear away on the base of the curve as a result. But these tusks - meant for protection - are now their greatest threat. Thousands have fallen in the name of human greed, leaving only a handful in existence today. Elephants are essential to the African ecosystem and the value of the Super Tuskers for future generations of Kenyans can not be underestimated.
