I look forward to the day I will be
taking my grandchildren’s to national parks to see wild animals with the rise cases of poaching of our
wildlife in Kenya makes it impossible to for see the future of Kenya wildlife in the year 2030. Kenyan wildlife ie elephants
buffallos Rhinos etc that live in our
parks aare at risks of extinction if we don’t join hand in embracing anti-poaching
policy. The poachers have killed at least 190 elephants and 35 Rhinos in this
year which raises alarm on our tourist attractions. The last incident of
poaching occurred at our Nairobi National park a day after a special unit of
unti-poaching security officer to boost the fight against wildlife poaching.
How can we stand by when one of the world’s
most amazing species is driven to extinction? If this crises is not averted our
grand kids will only know them through books and sculptures. The poacher’s main
hunt is ivory, it is believed that ivory and tusks cost a lot of money in our
foreign countries while some believe that is used to cure cancer. We ask upon support
from the foreign countries to help us fight poaching. By introducing anti-poaching
policy in their countries. The country, home to game parks including the Maasai
Mara, counts tourism as its largest foreign-exchange earner, after tea. About
1.8 million tourists visited Kenya last year, generating 96 billion shillings
($1.1 billion).
“This is a recipe for instability
and poverty,” Kenyatta said.
"The Chinese government understands that poaching is a problem. The most important thing is that they are not just talking about it but working to solve it," said President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Kenya's Ol Pejeta wildlife
conservancy, which shelters four of the world's seven remaining northern white
rhinos, is nearly ready to launch its first anti-poaching drone, thanks to a successful Indiegogo campaign.
The campaign launched earlier this
year and reached its target of $35,000 (£28,000), which has funded half of the
$70,000 (£45,600) cost of the drone. The unmanned aircraft has been adapted
especially for conservation purposes by American company Unmanned Innovation to
be able to read the RFID tags that are attached to many of the endangered
animals in the conservancy.
The main problem Ol Pejeta faces is
"trying to keep track of endangered species across 36,420 hectares of
wilderness and with only a relative handful of rangers," according to
Breare. Ol Pejeta has 120 rangers working across an area six times the size of
Manhattan. The drone will fly for 90 minutes at a time, covering around 130
square kilometres per flight, providing the rangers with a much-needed
"eye in the sky".
LETS HELP FIGHT POACHING IN KENYA
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