Richard Leakey both extended human history backward & helped Kenyan wildlife survive into the future NAIROBI, Kenya––Richard Erskine Frere Leakey, 77, known to the world as simply Richard Leakey, died on January 2, 2022, in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital city and his home for most of his life. Born in Nairobi on December 19, 1944, […]
Leading Kenyan conservationist barred from Nairobi National Park
Paula Kahumbu opposed rock concert where Elsa the lion cub was “born free” NAIROBI, Kenya––Bringing immediate global attention to his own lack of anything resembling conservation credentials, Kenya Wildlife Service director general John Migui Waweru on February 18, 2020 reportedly barred Wildlife Direct executive director Paula Kahumbu from Nairobi National Park. Waweru, 59, appointed […]
Botswana, please rethink resuming hunting! by Sebastian Mwanza
Ian Khama, former president of Botswana, resigns from ruling party when successor undoes ban on trophy hunting Editor’s note: Outraged and disappointed that his handpicked successor Mokgweetsi Masisi had ended a five-year-old ban on trophy hunting, Ian Khama, president of Botswana from 2008 to 2018, on May 25, 2019 resigned from the Botswana Democratic Party […]
Daphne Sheldrick, 83, showed Kenya that wildlife is worth most when alive
Known for elephant & rhino rescue, but contributions were much bigger than that NAIROBI, Kenya––The facts of the life of the late Daphne Sheldrick, who died at age 83 on April 12, 2018 after a long battle with breast cancer, are much more easily summarized than her legacy to wildlife, elephants in particular, and […]
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 […]