Episode 265: Elephants and Bees with Dr. Lucy King

Catherine is here today with Dr. Lucy King. Dr. Lucy King is a zoologist and the Head of the Human-Elephant Co-Existence Program for the research charity Save The Elephants based in Kenya. She has been researching the use of honey bees as a natural deterrent for crop-raiding elephants since 2006 publishing her findings in numerous scientific journals and has featured in various natural history documentaries on BBC, Discovery and Al Jazeera. Her Doctor of Philosophy thesis, through Oxford University and in partnership with Save the Elephants and Disney’s Animal Kingdom, was awarded the Thesis Award 2011 from the United Nations Environment Program’s Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species. She has won the St Andrews Prize for the Environment and Future for Nature Award for her work. A member of IUCN's African Elephant Specialist Group she has been working hard to spread ideas for coexistence between elephants and people, helped by her TEDWomen talk that was listed 4th in the top 10 TED talks for 2020 with a reach of 2.4 million views. Since 2018 she has been supporting women’s groups in Kenya to find alternative ways to live in harmony with elephants and in 2020 finished construction on a Women’s Enterprise Center in the heart of a human-elephant conflict hotspot next to Tsavo National Park, which will help provide alternative income generating projects to at risk women. Find Out More About Dr. Lucy King Visit the Elephants and Bees Website Connect with Dr. Lucy King on Facebook Follow Dr. Lucy on Instagram @lucyeking99 Are you interested in making a donation towards Dr. Lucy's efforts? You can do so easily on their website by following this link https://elephantsandbees.com/donate/ It’s now time to tune into this one very inspirational human being. Enjoy!