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How rhino surveillance has paid off
Tuesday March 16 2021
A Black rhinocerous attempts to get away from an approaching helicopter at a conservancy in Laikipia county. FILE PHOTO | NMG
By KEVIN ROTICH
Summary
Rhinoceros and elephants are the most targeted by poachers for their valuable horns and tusks, which are in high demand in Asian countries such as China.
Africa’s rhino population has been decimated over the decades to feed demand for rhino horn, which, despite being made of the same stuff like hair and fingernails, is prized in East Asia for its perceived medicinal value and as jewelry.
Over the years, frequent poaching saw their population plummet at an alarming rate.
The East African
Tuesday March 09 2021
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The large antelope is so rare that the Kenyan species is found only in the protected 192-square-kilometre reserve near the famed beaches of Tiwi and Diani.
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Hippotragus niger roosevelti is found only in the protected 192-square-kilometre reserve.
It’s late evening when we drive into the reserve on the high ridges of the Shimba Hills near the famed beaches of Tiwi and Diani at Kenya s Coast.
The gate shows off the antelope in metal.
In the late afternoon, we make our way to the bandas for the night, passing a troop of colobus monkeys in the high canopy.
M-PESA Foundation donates Ksh.17 million for conservation of endangered species
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Safaricom, through the M-PESA Foundation, has donated Ksh. 17 million, to secure the future of Kenya’s 15 remaining roan antelopes. The antelopes are only found in Ruma National Park in Homa Bay County.
The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), Safaricom, the Northern Rangelands Trust and Back to Africa have vowed to work together in a partnership to help conserve the future of the endangered species, only found in Ruma National Park.
“We thank the M-PESA Foundation for this support which is a great boost towards the implementation of the National Recovery and Action for the roan antelope in Kenya (2020-2030) launched by Hon. Najib Balala, Cabinet Secretary Tourism and Wildlife in March last year”, said Betty Maitoyo Ag. Chairperson, KWS Board of Trustees.
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