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Category: Zahoor Kashmiri | Date: Sep 09 2008 | By: baraza

A new blog for Kashmiri It has been a week since Zahoor Kashmiri left us, and we are still grieving, and receiving outpourings of grief over his tragic death which we wrote about here and here. We have received hundreds of messages, through the blogs, on phone, in texts and through other sites.

One of the last photographs taken of Zahoor Kashmiri in Ethiopia. Photo Yirmed Demeke 

We have set up the blog in his name here Kashmiri’s Wildlife Rescue Fund and a number of donors have already committed to support the new fund for wildlife veterinarians. We hope that this fund will make a significant contribution to wildlife rescues in Africa. Please visit the blog, check out the photograph album on the right, and leave us your comments on what you’d like to see on this blog. One suggestion is that we establish a memorial for Kashmiri in Ethiopia and in Kenya. I personally love the idea.

Other big news is that Rosy, the crowned eagle has had his (yes he’ a boy) cataracts removed successfuly and new lenses put in. This is an amazing story - he is over 30 years old and is the first crowned eagle in history to have this operation. Crowned eagles are the most powerful bird of prey in Africa and are disappearing fast. Rosy who was rescued as a chick with  a broken wing can never go back to the wild, but he’s doing more than his fair share of breeding having produced 12 chicks with his “wife” Girl. All have gone back to the wild. The cataract operation will hopefully restore his eyesight and breeding potential. We are so proud and privileged that WildilfeDirect helped to make this possible.

You can read about this historic operation and follow the progress of Rosy’s recovery on Simon Thomsett’s blog.

Launching “Looking for Miza” in New York! We (Peter Greste, Richard Leakey and I) are really happy to be coming to New York again later this month to launch our new book “Looking for Miza”. The details will be coming out shortly - but order your copy of Miza now from Amazon here and come get it signed. Tell all your friends too! It’s already number 2 in childrens books about apes and monkeys(!) but so far there are no product reviews on Amazon yet.

There is a host of exciting events being planned around the launch of the book so keep tuned to this blog to find out more.

Want to be the first reviewer? Send your customer review to Amazon when you get a chance.

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