Save the Elephants African elephant populations, while at the same time, increasing awareness in the many issues which threaten to erode elephant populations and the habitats in which they live. Iain Douglas Hamilton has played an integral role in stopping the illegal ivory trade throughout the world, while at the same time raising the profile of elephant conservation and awareness. Primarily based in Samburu National Reserve in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya, Save the Elephants carries out rigorous studies of elephants, including elephant collaring and more recently, sophisticated elephant tracking techniques. STE works on three fronts to stop the killing of elephants:
The Ancient Order of A-kep-ot Ster-boo The Ancient Order of A-kep-ot Ster-boo The Ancient Order of A-kep-ot Ster-boo was an organization formed June 3, 1916 in Topeka, Kansas. The organization's headquarters were located in the Hamilton Building at Sixth and Quincy Streets. Modeled after the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben from Omaha, Nebraska, the organization was "...entertaining the Democratic population of Topeka and delegates to conventions in this city with the mystic degree work." Its ritual told the story of an Assyrian pirate crew marooned on a south sea island and contained a total of three degrees. The first initiation was held on June 7, 1916 during Merchants'