We need help to ensure our Joint Wildlife Protection team can get off the ground properly. In April three community scouts will be trained up to work with the KWS and KFS (Kenya Forest Service) Rangers. The vehicle, tents and equipment are all ready and I am so excited that Edwin will finally be able to be employed by the Trust on a full time basis. His dedication to wildlife has been wonderful. Along with the work that Trust supported Bongo Survaillance team are doing on Mt Kenya we will have a much better way of reducing the amount of poaching on Mt Kenya and as a result we will hope to see much less suffering. We will need help to keep the project on the ground however and appeal to any organisations and individuals who can help us protect some the endangered species and reduce the amount of indiscriminate snaring that all wildlife falls victim to on Mt Kenya.

Over Easter I stayed with a friend on Lewa Wildlife Conservancy as I was in the region for work the week before. We approved the company who iwll build the fence for the elephant corridor which is an exciting step. I saw footage of elephants using the proposed route on Easter Monday which was really exciting as we can be more confident than ever that elephants are happy with our choice of route. As ever the well travelled ‘family’ accompany me on all these adventures and I was able to introduce Gizmo to his first Elephant and Rhino. He was suitably impressed. I travelled back to Nairobi yesterday and will be meeting with my Trustees tomorrow lunch time to update them on our progress.

Well it’s been a day since I wrote the above and my Trustees meeting went well. I’m back up to the mountain region tomorrow but this time to attend a wedding on a conservancy called Ol Pejeta. Convenient as I have a meeting on the Monday in Nanyuki. I’ll report back on everything next week, this time with pictures.

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