It’s been a long time since I blogged so I will start with the good news. The Elephant corridor fence is finally being built and though we are still waiting for the funding to come in for Virgin Atlantic we will start with the underpasses as soon as we receive the money. Unfortunately we are under budget for this project because of the delay of payments and other unavoidable circumstances, particularly the economic climate. In order to be viable the corridor is also now longer than originally planned. This is because we have added a portion of land and because there have been ‘tweaks’ made in the alignment by the farms that the corridor will pass through. 
The picture shows the game proof fence that will form one end of the corridor on Kisima Farm bordering the Ngare Ndare Forest Reserve. The corridor is the first of its kind in this region of the world. We need further support to finish the corridor which will provide a vital route for elephants who need to migrate on and off Mount Kenya.
Donations made here are
Jun 30th Carl H USD 27.50
2 Comments
Nice Post and nice to have you back Susie. I’d love to see larger photos…. and I feel a bit lost – could you elaborate a bit more about all these fences etc? Why is this all so important?
I think the corridor is great, but will there be a ranger “presence” to monitor the area as the elephants transect the corridor. I’m concerned for their safety from poachers who might view this as the “elephant highway” from which they could wait in ambush for passersby. The new trend toward creating transects will help the animals regain some of their former range, but these gains will mean nothing if the animals are not safe in these areas. At least when they are confined to a park or reserve area their perimeter can be protected by wildlife management monitoring and anti-poaching teams. I’m just wondering how this issue has been factored into the transect equation. We don’t want to encourage elephants to go where they won’t be protected, especially when they have built up a sense of artificial security in the protected realms. Good idea to have the fencing on the corridor to help minimize elephant-human agricultural conflicts. Just some thoughts. Good luck & Best Wishes.