Tsavo, the last drought victim
Category: Bushmeat kenya | Date: Oct 17 2009 | By: bushmeateastafrica
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The image above (elephant calf dying from starvation) could be the last for this drought as the much awaited rains started a few days ago in some parts of Tsavo. Yesterday, as I drove through Tsavo West National Park on Voi-Taveta Rd, I counted dozens on zebras, impalas, gazelle, buffaloes (I thought all had died in the drought from the number of I carcasses that I counted the last few months) and a family of elephants with five calves! While we lost millions of livestock, wildlife have proved be resilient enough to survive in our troubled rangelands. Why should we invest heavily on livestock only to lose them all during drought, which is becoming a permanent phenomenon in the semi-arid areas these days? A good reason why we need to rethink about wildlife husbandry so that Kenyans can get direct economic benefits from raising and/or protecting wildlife.
Iregi Mwenja
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My name is Iregi Mwenja and I love wildlife. All my working life has been spent in the wilderness of East Africa studying and implementing wildlife conservation projects. This year I am working on a bushmeat (protein and income) alternative project with communities outside Tsavo. I have also been investigating the link between our restrictive wildlife policy and the rise in bushmeat poaching on private land in Kenya. -
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One Response to “Tsavo, the last drought victim”
sharon, on 13 Nov 2009
good idea. actually wildlife husbandry, controversial as it may sound, is a good way of conserving wildlife species, it gives them value in the eyes of pastoralists and farmers, who make up a substantial part of the kenyan population. If they have value, people (and the government, unfortunate to say but sincerely) may be forced to think twice about thier poaching and bushmeat ways. I think it’s an idea with potential.Only issue would be regulation
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