Remarkable conservation projects in Northern Kenya
Remarkable conservation projects in Northern Kenya February 22, 2016 Most people have never heard of the hirola. The fawn-colored antelope is a shy animal, with a long thin face and spectacled eyes. And yet this unassuming creature is the center of what may be one of the most successful conservation efforts in recent history, as well as the heroes – the equally unassuming Somali pastoralists who live alongside them on the East bank of the Tana River. The Abdullah Somali community that run the Ishaqbini Conservancy in north-east Kenya have always had a fondness for the hirola, whose docile n...
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