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Tide for Tusks Goes to the Circus
Tide for Tusks Joins the Fight to Stop the Slaughter of African Elephants​
Partnership with WCS’s 96 Elephants campaign brings frontlines of elephant conservation to University of Alabama students... MORE

TIDE FOR TUSKS EXPLORES TANZANIA’S NATIONAL PARK

During a recent trip to Tanzania, a team from the University of Alabama spent 12 days roaming across the country through some of the most remote and pristine areas in search of elephants. This 2015 exploratory journey was no less rewarding and proved to be quite satisfactory for the group representing UA Tide For Tusks. Read article here

UA Ambassadors of good will visit african wildlife trust/ivory orphans

When Tide For Tusks board members, Randy Mecredy and Reata Strickland arrived in Arusha they were not sure what to expect or what may lay ahead of them during their visit to Tanzania.  Soon, any concerns were removed as they were warmly greeted by African Wildlife Trust CEO, Pratik Patel and his wife Sonea, and were given a grand tour of Tanzania’s first and only elephant orphanage. Read article here.

UA TO SEND AMBASSADORS OF GOODWILL TO TANZANIA

In show of support for the newly organized group Tide For Tusks, a student initiated elephant conservation program at UA, the university will send representatives to Tanzania on an exploratory visit. More >

Honors College offers spring II seminar course "Tide for Tusks"

For those interested in learning more about Big Al’s elephant family, the Honors College is offering a Spring II seminar course all about our famous pachyderm and 
his friends.
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Tuscaloosa-based nonprofit is on a mission to save the elephant

There are fewer than 500,000 elephants in the wilds of Africa, according to Tide for Tusks, a nonprofit organization that seeks to create awareness of the extinction rate for the African elephant.
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