Ginting is a beautiful Sumatran elephant living in a herd of over 20 elephants in the Bukit Tigapuluh ecosystem. At over 30 years of age, she had her male calf Chrisna with her when she was first collared in January 2014. Chrisna was only a few weeks old at the time but the baby bull has developed into a buffalo-sized healthy youngster, always up for trouble and play!
In August 2015 this collar was replaced by a new unit. The next collaring session (to replace collar number three) was scheduled for September 2017 but an accident early during the collaring session prevented this. Currently her collar is set to an interval of eight hours to save batteries until we can arrange a follow up collaring operation.
Ginting and her family group are most likely closely related to the females of Anna’s herd. Since 2014, both families have spent much of their time together, often forming a larger clan that roams together.
With the help of radio telemetry, the Elephant Conflict Mitigation Unit (ECMU) has been closely monitoring Ginting’s movements to safeguard her herd and gather essential data on their habitat use ...
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Ginting’s herd regularly roams an area of 140km2 that is dominated by humans. Unfortunately, the movements of this herd and the presence of people continue to result in the high ...
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Ginting and her herd have been keeping our Elephant Conservation and Monitoring Units (ECMU) busy over the last six months.
Read moreBy adopting Ginting today, you are making a symbolic but incredibly powerful gesture. By adopting one elephant, you are helping to safeguard their entire herd. You are supporting them, their kinfolk and their precious calves, and you are actively protecting their jungle habitat against poaching, logging and illegal encroachment. Thank you for helping us protect this critical population of Sumatran Elephants.
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