Apparently there was a leopard in my garden (in Nairobi) yesterday. Armed KWS rangers turned up to capture it but I think he or she was long gone. I have two terriers so they would have made nice starters for the Mr Spotty. I live pretty close to Nairobi National Park when in Nairobi and the odd warthog and hyena makes its way over but this is the first neighbourly leopard that’s come round for snacks.

I spoke to Dr Chege who has been in Naivasha and other areas that desperatley need his assistance too. He may be able to come to Mt Kenya with me for 2 days next week but as we both know it will probably not be enought time to help and of the four elephants frequenting the waterhole. I sent an email yesterday to the head KWS vet and copied to the KWS Assistant Director with regard to the snared elephants requesting that they please please try and find a vet who can spend a minimum of two weeks in the area. Dr Gakuya is going to do his best to try to free someone up. We could pay for a private vet but there is protocol that is difficult to get round, and from the point of view of KWS and previous experience it is there for the right reasons. Lewa are going to help install a vet in Mweiga who can help deal with the Abadares and Mt Kenya but in the meantime I will have to hope that Dr Chege can save some of them from loosing limbs. I will probably travel to Kihari on the Southern side of the Mountain on Monday now. Edwin will keep me updated from Mountain Lodge.

Humphrey, my Field Co-ordinator just called to tell me that the finishing touches are being put on the new classrooms we have been building for Manyatta Priamary School near Naro Moru. We were given funds from Kuoni via Born Free to build classrooms and start a tree nursery there. It will be exciting news for the donors. Many of the parents have contributed their time to building the classrooms and KWS have assisted us with transport. The kids have been making do with wooden clasrooms that are in a state of disrepair and no floors for many years. I will be able to post a picture of the new classrooms next week.

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