Feb 28 2008
Mara Poachers and hippo attack
Friends,
Today I’m going to try a much awaited experiment and upload a podcast -
I recorded this in the Mara Conservancy last week where I spent three days finding out more about the effects of the collapse of tourism on this world renowned conservation area.
I hope you enjoy sound trip which hopefully will give the visually impaired a feel for the Mara which is among my most favourite places in the world.
I’m attaching photographs to help you visualise the patrol. These 5 minutes reflect what happened during the 4 hours anti-poaching patrol in which we were searching for 7 hippo killing poachers. Kimujino has more on the arrest of these poachers on his
This is the sign between the Mara Reserve and Transmara Reserve which together make up the Masai Mara
A hippo slide
On patrol looking for footprints on the soft earth
Hippo in the Mara river
Can you see the new born hippo by his mothers legs?
