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Elephant locations in Kenya

48 locations has kept elephants in Kenya

There is presently 488 (205,267) living elephants in locations in Kenya in this database

Kenya
Region:	Kenya is in this database included in africa
Wild elephants:	Kenya has about 37,000wild elephants. Source:Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS)
Location holdings:	48 locations has kept 708 elephants in Kenya (Database tables with collection of elephants further down on the page)
Elephants in locations	488 (205,267) living 220 (85,110) dead

1960s: 167,000 wild elephants.
1990: 16,000 wild elephants.
2012: 37,000 wild elephants.
2021: over 36,000 wild elephants. The national elephant population has increased from 32,214 animals in 2014 to the current population of 36,169 animals in 2021. (This represents a 12% population increase in 7 years!)

Literature

Stockley, C. H. (1953) The elephant in Kenya, in The Elepbant in East Central Africa: A Monogrph (eds. Sfl C. O. Hill, et al), pp. 80-98. Rowland Ward Ltd, London. 150 p.

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan, Facts about elephants in Kenya. Elephant Encyclopedia, (2025) available online retrieved 2025-02-16 at https://www.elephant.se/country.php?name=Kenya.
(archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources, among others

http://allafrica.com/stories/201204051367.html

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/stri-hdg091420.php

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-09-12/Young-injured-elephant-in-Maasai-Mara-treated-by-vet-TIwsgKv49q/index.html

https://africa.cgtn.com/2020/09/10/kenyan-police-arrest-poacher-with-14-kg-elephant-tusks/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8690641/Zimbabwe-finds-elephant-carcasses-death-toll-22.html

https://www.indiatoday.in/trending-news/story/adorable-video-of-1-day-old-baby-elephant-following-his-mother-goes-viral-internet-is-in-love-1714562-2020-08-24

https://www.elephanttrust.org/index.php/meet-the-team/item/tal-manor

Internal relevant links

The elephant database startpage. Statistics
News about elephants in Kenya (From the sister site Elephant News)

Name	Elephant collection				Place
ADC Mutara Ranch (wild) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	1 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Laikipia (map)
Amboseli National Park (wild) Kept totally 303 elephants	, 166 present (61,98)	287 births	23 relocated	114 deaths	Namanga (map)
Bill Woodley (private) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths
Buffalo Springs National Reserve (wild) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	(map)
Carl Hartley Animal Farm (dealer) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	2 relocated	0 deaths	Rumuruti
Chyulu Hills National Park (wild) Kept totally 5 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	4 births	4 relocated	1 deaths	Kibwezi (map) Makeuni County, South Eastern Kenya
DSWT Ithumba (orphanage) Kept totally 99 elephants	, 44 present (27,17)	0 births	51 relocated	4 deaths	Tsavo East National Park (map) Eastern Province
DSWT Kaluku Neonate Nursery (orphanage) Kept totally 5 elephants	, 5 present (3,2)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths
DSWT Nairobi nursery (orphanage) Kept totally 240 elephants	, 19 present (10,9)	0 births	189 relocated	32 deaths	Nairobi (map)
DSWT Umani Springs (Kibwezi Forest) (orphanage) Kept totally 15 elephants	, 12 present (5,7)	0 births	1 relocated	2 deaths	Chyulu Hills National Park (map)
DSWT Voi (orphanage) Kept totally 112 elephants	, 45 present (16,29)	2 births	63 relocated	4 deaths	Tsavo East National Park (map) Eastern Province
El Karama Ranch (wild) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	1 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Nanyuki (map) Laikipia Province
Galana Wildlife Conservancy (wild) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	1 births	3 relocated	0 deaths	(map)
Imenti forest (wild) Kept totally 6 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	6 births	6 relocated	0 deaths	Meru
John Seago Game Trapping Organisation (dealer) Kept totally 6 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	6 relocated	0 deaths	Nairobi
Kenya unspecified location (wild) Kept totally 24 elephants	, 2 present (2,0)	37 births	21 relocated	1 deaths	(map)
Kibwezi Forest (wild) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	1 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Kibwezi (map)
Kora National Park (wild) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	2 births	2 relocated	0 deaths
Lake Manyara National Park (wild) Kept totally 4 elephants	, 2 present (0,1)	1 births	0 relocated	2 deaths	(map)
Loisaba Conservancy (wild) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	1 births	3 relocated	0 deaths	Nanyuki
Lukenya Field headquarters (orphanage) Kept totally 6 elephants	, 4 present (1,3)	0 births	1 relocated	1 deaths	(map)
Manyani maximum security prison farm (private) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths
Marsabit National Reserve (wild) Kept totally 5 elephants	, 1 present (0,1)	3 births	3 relocated	1 deaths	Marsabit, Eastern Province
Masai Mara (wild) Kept totally 35 elephants	, 6 present (4,2)	34 births	22 relocated	7 deaths	Narok (map) Rift Valley Province
Meru National Park (wild) Kept totally 6 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	4 births	5 relocated	1 deaths
Mgeno Ranch (wild) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	2 relocated	0 deaths	Taita-Taveta district
Milgis Ecosystem (Milgis trust) (wild) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	2 relocated	0 deaths
Mount Elgon National Park Headquarters (Kenya) (orphanage) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Mbale
Mount Kenya forest (wild) Kept totally 12 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	10 births	6 relocated	6 deaths	Mount Kenya
Mount Kenya Safari Ranch Wildlife Conservancy and Animal Orphanage (orphanage) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Mount Kenya National Park
Nairobi National Museum (museum) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Nairobi (map)
Nairobi National Park Orphanage (orphanage) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	2 relocated	0 deaths	Nairobi National Park
Namunyak Conservancy (wild) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	1 births	3 relocated	0 deaths	Wamba Samburu East District
Ol Kinyei Conservancy (wild) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	1 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Narok (map) Rift Valley Province Mara
Ol Lentille Conservancy (wild) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Dol Dol Laikipia
Ol Malo Ranch (private) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	North Eastern Province
Ol Pejeta Conservancy (wild) Kept totally 5 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	3 births	5 relocated	0 deaths	Nanyuki
Port of Mombasa (seaport) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Mombasa
Reteti Elephant Sanctuary (orphanage) Kept totally 17 elephants	, 16 present (4,9)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Sereolipi (map) Samburu County
Rukinga ranch (wild) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths
Samburu National Reserve (wild) Kept totally 56 elephants	, 28 present (12,16)	35 births	13 relocated	15 deaths	Samburu District, Rift Valley Province
Save the Elephants Samburu research centre (organization) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	(map)Samburu District Rift Valley Province
Selenkay Conservancy (wild) Kept totally 8 elephants	, 7 present (2,3)	3 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	(map)
Shaba National Reserve (wild) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	2 births	3 relocated	0 deaths
Sheldricks elephant orphanage (orphanage) Kept totally 11 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	6 relocated	5 deaths	Tsavo East National Park
South Turkana National Reserve (wild) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	2 births	3 relocated	0 deaths
Tsavo National Park (wild) Kept totally 224 elephants	, 131 present (58,70)	114 births	73 relocated	20 deaths	(map)
Tumaren Ranch (wild) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths	Laikipia

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