The Working Reef | Turneffe Atoll, Belize

Conservation across Africa ha

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Tusk removed from an elephant following it's natural death.
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Large elephant herd coming down to quench thirst at a waterhole
Tracking and finding barefoot tracks
Elephant deceased from natural causes, lies by a road through a mopane forest.
long shadows cast, after a long afternoon spent removing the ivory from a deceased elephant
Collecting tissue samples to determine cause of death
Removed ivory piled into truck with the rest of the APU kit
Natural death elephant ivory, all is collected.
APU scouts get to work removing the ivory from a elephant following its natural death
the ghostly site of elephants reflected in the water at dusk
Collected ivory and the lab test kit.
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