Due to the extended three year drought the wildlife in Kenya are dying at unprecedented rates. When you visit our camp there are dead carcasses littering the country side. For some odd reason it seems as though the Zebra are the most effected animals.

Animals are now in conflict with humans over grazing and watering areas. Even at our camp the wild animals eat the trees and if it were not for our Masai workers, we would not have any trees left.

We have been diligently monitoring the endangered Grevy's Zebra and the Wild Dogs. Until we raise enough money to begin aerial surveys we are limited to what we can see on the ground. We have two Masai workers in the bush monitoring a family of Grevy's Zebra. In the near future, we want to start our multiplication program with this family of Zebras. They are close to the camp and since they are endangered and our Chairman, Adam Tuller, is a Kenya Wildlife Service Game Warden, we are able to control potential poachers.

Poachers are having a field day in Kenya due to lax security and poor governance. Combined with the drought that is killing animals daily, there is an urgent need to assist the wildlife especially the endangered species. Due to constant roaming, and the need for aeriel surveys, we have found only a few wild dogs and they, just like street dogs, run off when they see people. Unfortunately, the area is so large, once they run it will take days to find them. Atleast the zebra do not run very far, they are easy to catch up with.

Thank you for your continued support. Your donations are enabling to local Masai community to protect a valued asset, the wildlife. This is how the Masai make their living, aside from livestock, so they have become the stewards over the wildlife. They stay for days or even weeks in the bush, looking and waiting for that animal to come by. Your donation is changing the way people view wildlife and allowing the local communities to benefit from their presence.

Pictures:

• Hippos are dying at alarming rates (JPG)
• Giraffe continue to eat the trees as they step over the fences (JPG)
• Tracking wildlife requires aerial surveys (JPG)