The migratory routes of elephants are often modified by the increasing number of farms. Disturbed by these changes, elephants can become threatening to farmers who are forced to keep night watch to protect their crops. ‘At night we don’t sleep because we have to keep watch, we are exhausted’, says farmer Winigodi. It is not just crops that are in danger from the animals; Maina was attacked by an elephant while collecting wood. ‘This accident changed my life. I can no longer work’, she says. Charity ‘Big Life’ work to help both elephants and farmers, erecting electric fences at the edges of farms to deter elephants from destroying crops. This has reduced incidents by 90%. ‘It's our national heritage, our pride, to see these wild animals living freely on our land, it makes me happy’, says Daniel Ole Sambu, the programme co-ordinator.