it's early in the morning in some border county kenya empire no boitano is taking have families animals out to the grazing fields but that's just one job she'll do today. as a few accessories for her next job as a wildlife conservation is. she is the leader over women group popularly known as mama timbers mother of elephants their task is to monitor the movements of the big animals. one. at 5 am i do my chores and then get my children ready for school at 8 am i pick up my data forms and the g.p.s. and walk to the wildlife corrido we don't just observe elephants but the other animals too who allow. the elephants are still their primary interest the paki dams are endangered in kenya alone between the early 1970 s. and 1000 nineties their numbers dropped 90 percent but here in the columbia community wildlife conservancy numbers are now increasing one reason is that. have identified and signposted what life and livestock corridos elephants often pass through the area but left alone use the route they can lead to conflates the mama timbo take note of where animals tend to congregate as well