Seasonal dietary composition, feeding preference and movement patterns of elephants werernstudied in Babile Elephant Sanctuary (BES) from August 2008 to April 2009. Elephants eatrnfruits and other parts of 75 plant species (61 wild and 14 cultivated). Data on fresh feedingrnsigns either browsed or barked showed 51 species, while an examination of elephant dungrnpiles yielded seeds representing 21 species of which seven of them were not seen in dietrnobservation in the field. Browse accounted larger proportion of forage in the diet ofrnelephants during both seasons, Acacia species being the most important component of therndiet. Using direct diet assessment observations over two seasons dietary preferences wererncalculated. The strongest preference was for Acacia robusta and Opuntia ficus-indica, whilernelephants exhibited a selective avoidance for the other important species in the dietrnincluding Combretum molle and Grewia flavescens. Three elephant bulls were fitted withrnGPS telemetry collar in order to study home range and movement patterns. Although it isrnnot statistically significant elephants showed relatively larger home range during the wetrnseason than the dry season (mean=611.8 Â± 142.2 km2). Two distinct movement patternsrnwere observed by the collared elephants in Babile both starting in a north to south direction.rnElephants moved an average of 10 km per day which is considerably a lower distance inrncomparison with elephants in other parts of Africa. The average daily movement range ofrnthe bulls was 20 km2 which is about 3.3% of their total home range. They used about 20%rnof their home range outside the Sanctuary boundary in the north and south-west direction.rnThe restricted movement patterns and home range of the elephants need immediaternconservation measures.