Reports from Nairobi, Ithumba and Voi have just been posted - no photographs as yet.
http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/asp/keepers_diary.asp
Full Version: September Keeper's Diaries now online
Thanks for posting s4e ...
Does this mean they no longer have the de-snaring teams?
It was an exciting day on the19th when the Keepers came across Emily’s unit just outside the Park at Ngutuni Ranch where a leak on the Mzima – Mombasa pipeline provides fresh water, and where there is more browse than in the Park itself, which has been turned to a dust-bowl by the illegal intrusion of hordes of starving cattle, some brought in from as far afield as Isiolo in the North, during this extreme drought period and allegedly belonging to people high within the Government. The illegal intrusion of cattle, has cost the country dearly in terms of wildlife, because losses of all species have been substantial, exacerbated by the poaching of elephants for their ivory, and the bushmeat poaching that has thrived since the withdrawal of our 6 anti-poaching Desnaring teams simply for reporting the extent of this threat. “None are so deaf as those who will not hear!” as the saying goes. Whereas cattle can be replaced, once the wild animals have gone, they are gone for good, and the country will lose its tourism industry which is the mainstay of the country’s economy. Amazingly, the Politicians seem to remain in denial of this truth!
It was an exciting day on the19th when the Keepers came across Emily’s unit just outside the Park at Ngutuni Ranch where a leak on the Mzima – Mombasa pipeline provides fresh water, and where there is more browse than in the Park itself, which has been turned to a dust-bowl by the illegal intrusion of hordes of starving cattle, some brought in from as far afield as Isiolo in the North, during this extreme drought period and allegedly belonging to people high within the Government. The illegal intrusion of cattle, has cost the country dearly in terms of wildlife, because losses of all species have been substantial, exacerbated by the poaching of elephants for their ivory, and the bushmeat poaching that has thrived since the withdrawal of our 6 anti-poaching Desnaring teams simply for reporting the extent of this threat. “None are so deaf as those who will not hear!” as the saying goes. Whereas cattle can be replaced, once the wild animals have gone, they are gone for good, and the country will lose its tourism industry which is the mainstay of the country’s economy. Amazingly, the Politicians seem to remain in denial of this truth!
