Mount Kenya Trust

Category: Uncategorized | Date: Sep 11 2008 | By: mountkenya

Recently we were pleased to receive pictures of the few bongo that remain on Mount Kenya. Only last year did we receive confirmation from the Bongo Surveillance that there were any left on Mount Kenya at all. We have been giving some support for their work on Mount Kenya though much of what they have achieved has been on the Abadare Range.  Night cameras set up earlier this year deep in the forest on the Southern side of Mount Kenya have backed up the evidence collected by trackers and DNA tests abroad.In the photo below some of the Bongo Surveillance Team check a hidden camera. .  The one remaining Mount Kenya herd of bongo are in an area that is prone to poaching activity and it is therefore even more crucial that we can get the Joint Wildlife Protection Team up and running. The team and vehicle and all the equipment is idle, waiting for me to come up with the funding necessary. There are many more bongo on the Aberdares’ but not in numbers sufficient to guarantee their survival for more than the next 40 years and the Aberdares’ have a more serious poaching problem than Mount Kenya. We can support the Bongo Surveillance Team so much more easily once the Joint Wildlife Protection Team is up and running.    A bongo is captured by a hidden camera in July. 

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