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Elephants or avocados: a Kenyan dilemma

Elephants or avocados: a Kenyan dilemma

JACKSON NJEHIA and NAZANINE MOSHIRI THE majestic sight of elephants roaming beneath Mount Kilimanjaro has long lured throngs of wildlife-lovers to Amboseli National Park on Kenya's border with Tanzania. Yet the free movement of some 2,000 Amboseli elephants, along with two dozen other wildlife species plus cows owned by local Maasai people, may be under threat - from avocados. Kenyan agricultural company KiliAvo Fresh Ltd, which has farms near Amboseli on nearly 175 acres of land, is building nurseries and preparing to grow the fruit, whose popularity is growing worldwide due to its high nutritional value. Conservationists are aghast. They…
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Kenyan all-female conservation ranger unit patrols amid COVID-19

Kenyan all-female conservation ranger unit patrols amid COVID-19

NJERI MWANGI PURITY Amleset Lakara has spent the year capturing armed poachers, running from an aggressive buffalo, and relaxing around a campfire reading "A Day Before my Wedding" as she prepares for her own marriage this month. The 24-year-old works as part of an elite all-female ranger unit named "The Lionesses," who patrol a conservation area near Kenya's Amboseli National Park. The recruits are drawn from the Maasai community who live around the park. Sharon Nankinyi, another ranger, said the day she was chosen to enter the team was the best day of her life. "It's rare for a woman…
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