The radio crackles, a dusty message. Not good news – the Maasai are hunting lions. The cats have reportedly broken into a boma overnight and killed 40 shoats (sheep/goats) and a cow. The loss is devastating to the family involved. In anticipation Big Life, a local conservation organisation, has already sent rangers to the spot …
Africa Geographic hits stores in Kenya and Uganda
We are happy to announce that from June onwards, Africa Geographic will be available for purchase in Kenya and Uganda. Here’s a list of the key sites per country. Kenya - Uchumi Supermarket outlets - Tuskys Supermarket outlets - Naivas Supermarket outlets - Chandranas Supermarkets - Times shops - Montys - All Inscor Oilibya shops - …
15 Lion facts, brought to you by Porini Camps, Kenya
1. Panthero leo is one of 4 big cats – the others being tigers, jaguars and leopards. 2. The lion is the second largest cat after the tiger, with males weighing up to 250kg and females up to 180kg. Despite being smaller overall than a tiger, the lion is in fact taller at the shoulder, …
Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
Original source: bushboundgirl.com Braving a night-time walk in Laikipia, Kenya, I made my way down a little dirt path through the camp. Suddenly I froze. In the light of my torch shone two little blazing eyes, unblinking, gleaming at me boldly. The bushbabies’ little frog feet clung to a small acacia bush, just two feet …
Aerial portfolio: Experience Africa from above
Kenya, Botswana, Namibia and the Seychelles: these are the magical places photographer Martin Harvey visited and immortalised in his aerial portfolio ‘Africa from Above’. Here’s an appetiser for what awaits you in the current issue of Africa Geographic. For Martin Harvey’s full portfolio and his tips for aerial wildlife photography get your special anniversary issue …
Painted Pink: Flamingos in Kenya’s Rift Valley
Kenya’s Rift Valley is a wonderland in its own right. When its masses of flamingos take to the air, every visitor catches his breath and reaches for his camera. Spectacularly pink in colour and oddly shaped atop tall, bald, stilted legs with knees that bend backwards with every step taken, flamingos are among the most …
No wildlife, no Tourism
Written by: Karim Kara With the current devastating poaching situation in Kenya and Africa as a whole, Non Governmental groups and conservation bodies, supported by bands of individuals singing the same song, marched the streets of Mombasa chanting “Protect our Heritage”. Frustrations from groups and individuals on the lack of stringent punishable laws and protection …
Richard Turere: Young Wildlife Hero
Richard Turere hates African lions, yet this thirteen-year-old Kenyan has become one of the wildlife heroes protecting African lions. Like most village boys his age, Richard is responsible for safeguarding his family’s livestock. “We are enemies, “ he says about the large-cat predators who come out of the nearby Nairobi National Park to prey on cows, goats …
An African Love Story
Blogger Lori Robinson so enjoyed the warm, passionate autobiography of Dame Daphne Sheldrick, founder of the David Sheldrick Elephant Trust in Kenya, that she reviews it here for you. An African Love Story is Kenya-born Daphne Sheldrick’s memoir about how love for her country, animals and men, including her soul mate, would eventually define and focus …
Visiting Save the Elephants in Kenya
The gunshot makes no sound. I’m only sure it’s been fired when the matriarch’s knees buckle under the weight of her one and a half-ton elephant mass. “In this kind of operation every minute matters,” the vet tells us. “No matter how many times we’ve done this, things can go wrong,” explains Iain Douglas- Hamilton, …
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Rhino guy banned for wearing ‘horn’
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Year of the snake
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Thandora death shocks experts
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What Will It Take to Save the East African Lion from Extinction? Hunting or Herding?
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The sky-diving leopard
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Elephants face extinction if Beijing does not ban ivory trade
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The mighty springbok migration
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The Forgotten Okavango Delta – the Panhandle
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Thandora death shocks experts
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Bizarre lion behaviour in the Okavango Delta
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Elaine Harrington: I will have the opportunity to kiss one of these b...
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