An open letter to Mozambique by Josphat Ngonyo, founder, Africa Network for Animal Welfare: Date: 12/08/2015 Mr. Daniel Antonio High Commissioner Mozambique High Commission Dear Sir, Your Excellency, it our hope that this letter finds you well in the service of your great country, Mozambique. On behalf of Africa Network forAanimal Welfare (ANAW), a […]
Desnaring in Kenya with ANAW and China House
Following the successful de-snaring event held on June 1, 2015 with local Chinese volunteers from China House, the Africa Network for Animal Welfare and China House held a second successful de-snaring on June 23, 2015, this time with a group of 30 Chinese volunteers working and residing in Kenya. Held at the Kenya Agriculture and […]
Zebra rescuers earn their stripes
On 23rd April 2015, the Africa Network for Animal Welfare received a call from Fred Olembishi, a citizen who called to inform us about two zebras who were spotted with injuries from poaching attempts in Keekonyoke, a community land area and sanctuary near Kipeto Kajiado. The Kenya Wildlife Service vet team was not available at the time. Our team […]
World Animal Day in Nairobi, Kenya
Warm greetings from Nairobi, Kenya! Besides conducting two successful awareness campaign marches on World Animal Day, October 3, under the themes “Animals Matter” and “Global March for Elephants and Rhinos, we the Africa Network for Animal Welfare, Kenyans United Against Poaching, and the Pan African Animal Welfare Alliance joined other organizations under the auspices of […]
While the road to hell is paved with good intentions, a proposed road bisecting the Serengeti wildebeest migration route may not be paved at all
NAIROBI––The East African Court of Justice on June 20, 2014 ruled against a Tanzanian government scheme to build a 34-mile stretch of paved highway through Serengeti National Park. The route might have blocked the annual migration of more than a million wildebeest, and might even more likely have become the most heavily trafficked poached corridor […]
Kenya adds humane education curriculum
NAIROBI––“For the first time in Kenya, animal welfare will be integrated into the national school curriculum,” Africa Network for Animal Welfare founder Josphat Ngonyo e-mailed to ANIMALS 24-7 on July 17, 2014. ANAW and the Kenya Institute for Curriculum Development on June 6, 2014 signed a memorandum of understanding that “sets the structure for […]
Fighting rabies panic & dog poisoning in Kenya
The Daily Nation, the leading newspaper in Kenya, on May 8, 2014 announced that “A campaign to eliminate stray dogs has been launched in Naivasha,” a town approximately 110 kilometers from Nairobi. “Sub-county veterinary officer Enos Anuyunzu said all stray dogs would be eliminated within Naivasha and Masi Mahiu, as well as in adjacent […]