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Tortilis Camp Waterhole, Amboseli

Waterhole under Kilimanjaro

Source:Elewana Tortilis Camp (Africam)·Amboseli, Kajiado County, Kenya

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About This Camera

Africam's camera at Elewana Tortilis Camp in Kenya's Amboseli National Park, with Mount Kilimanjaro on the horizon. Amboseli's swamps and waterholes are famous for big-tusked elephants, plus zebra, wildebeest and abundant birdlife.

Conservation Context

EN·EndangeredPopulation decreasing

Endangered. Very high risk of extinction in the wild.

Primary threats

Poaching for ivory, habitat loss to agriculture and development, and human-elephant conflict at the edges of protected areas.

Conservation actions

Anti-poaching patrols, community-based conservation programs, the international ivory trade ban under CITES, and habitat corridors connecting fragmented populations.

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Elewana Tortilis Camp (Africam)

Amboseli, Kajiado County, Kenya

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