A family-run safari business in Kenya has launched five new experiences
Guests at Cottar’s Safaris in Kenya’s Maasai Mara game reserve can now help rehabilitate vultures, collar lions and shadow a tribal hunter-gatherer
If you’ve already spotted the ‘big five’ – lion, leopard, rhinoceros, African elephant and Cape buffalo – or want something more from a safari, Cottar’s Safaris has stepped up its game.
Established in 1919 in Kenya’s Maasai Mara, Cottar’s Safaris is now run by the fifth generation of the same family. Co-owner Louise Cottar says, ‘Luxury safaris and the big five game experience have become commonplace. We believe that travellers still value these, but that they also want to participate in a safari that provides values, purpose and impact. As such, we have spent the last year developing safari impact experiences that have a positive effect on travellers, the unique biodiversity that surrounds us and the local Maasai community.’
MPs want Sh3.2bn for KWS bailout
Thursday March 11 2021
By EDWIN MUTAI
Summary
Parliament wants the Treasury to set aside Sh3.2 billion to cover salaries and operations of Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) staff following decline in revenue collection from park fees on account of coronavirus.
The Budget and Appropriations Committee (BAC) has reallocated the budget for the State Department for Wildlife to also operationalise the Wildlife Conservation Trust Fund.
Parliament wants the Treasury to set aside Sh3.2 billion to cover salaries and operations of Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) staff following decline in revenue collection from park fees on account of coronavirus.
Shropshire farmers to boost farmland bird numbers
8 March 2021 |
The grey partridge is widely considered to be a barometer of farmland biodiversity
A new project consisting of Shropshire farmers will work together to achieve the recovery of some of the UK’s most threatened farmland bird species.
The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) is working with a group of farmers to establish the Corvedale Farmland Wildlife Project.
They will follow the GWCT s management measures for grey partridge recovery, including habitat improvements and predation control, and apply it to other species such as curlew and lapwing.
The grey partridge is widely considered to be a barometer of farmland biodiversity: where the conditions exist for it to thrive, other wildlife will too.
updated: Mar 04 2021, 18:51 ist
If everything goes as planned over the year, the Kuno-Palpur National Park in Madhya Pradesh could become the country’s first-ever cheetah sanctuary. As it awaits the arrival of six to eight cheetahs from Namibia, the authorities are gearing up for the welcome. Although the plan of bringing cheetahs to India was in the works for more than a decade, it came close to a realisation after the Supreme Court’s nod in January 2020. The now-6,800 km
2 expanse of the proposed landscape aimed for a bigger glory of being the first to have four charismatic cats tigers, lions, cheetahs, and leopards. That plan went into jeopardy when procuring a few Asiatic lions from Gir National Park met with strong administrative resistance from Gujarat. For now, the arriving cheetahs may benefit from some of the park’s infrastructure intended for lions.
The Curlew Recovery Partnership is a new, exciting and transformative initiative, bringing together all those with an interest in Curlew conservation, including land managers, farmers, gamekeepers, policymakers and researchers. They are joining forces to help secure the future of one of England’s most iconic and threatened species, the Eurasian Curlew. Urgent action is needed.