On 6th July 2013, SkyVets was dispatched, following a report from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) about an emergency case involving an elephant with a snare wound on its trunk in Tsavo West. A helicopter, with KWS veterinary officer Dr. Titus Kaitho on board, lifted off from Nairobi and just one hour later it had reached the location where the elephant was last seen.

Getting more powerful each day, Olive's cub can handle her own kills now.

Olive's Cub, Maasai Mara, Kenya

Oloololo Pride cubs, Masaai Mara, Kenya

Young elephants playing in the tall grass.

Maasai Mara, Kenya

The Maasai Mara National Reserve (MMNR) was first established in 1961 as a wildlife sanctuary and is where one of the DSWT's three mobile veterinary units is located...read more about the story at http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/updates/updates.asp?ID=541

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta visited the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (DSWT) to meet the baby elephants that have been orphaned as a result of the ongoing slaughter of elephants across Kenya, making her the first Kenyan leader to publically take personal interest in the crisis facing Kenya's elephants...

The Power of The Pride. 

Ol Kiombo Pride, Maasai Mara, Kenya

Oloololo pride cubs, Maasai Mara, Kenya

I have been having a bit of fun with Instagram and the panorama setting on my iPhone since I am relying on only cell service now. I have not abandoned my beloved Nikon, but sometimes I just need a rest, to have fun, and just enjoy the extraordinary Mara. Here are the Oloololo pride cubs stalking a buffalo...badly. I think they think the bushes are keeping them covered, but we all can see them just fine.

Tanzania Border, Maasai Mara, Kenya

The Mara has many secrets and this is mine. Today a lioness watches over the plains on the same spot that Massek and I normally sit.

I have never not seen lions here.

Ol Kiombo pride, Maasai Mara, Kenya

One of the Ol Kiombo pride males enjoying the shade of a leopard tree.