GIANTS AMONG MEN: HELPING ELEPHANTS AND PEOPLE LIVE TOGETHER IN ONE OF THE HARSHEST REGIONS OF THE W

Times: 5:30pm

In a groundbreaking effort over the past nine years, The WILD Foundation - a Boulder-based nonprofit organization - has worked with researchers, communities, governments and schools to protect a unique herd of elephants in Mali, West Africa. Encroaching deserts and human settlements have pushed this herd of 550 elephants to the only remaining place they can live - the arid desert in Central Mali. This unique herd traverses the longest annual migration ever recorded, traveling some 400 kilometers each year in search of food and water. In this evening presentation, WILD's President Vance Martin will tell the story of these desert elephants, their ‘great migration and WILD's ongoing work to ensure the herd's long-term survival through community engagement and mobilization.