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By Steve Kinuthia

 

Animals in pain are heartbreaking

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Not to hurt our humble brethren (the animals) is our first duty to them. But to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission - to be of service to them whenever they require it...If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) I am sure that the moment you opened this page, the first thing y...

The pleasant surprises at Lake Nakuru Park

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MAGICAL: The roads in the park have been repaired in a very short time

All said and done, I can say without doubt today that Lake Nakuru National Park is the best run among the parks that are managed by the KWS. I have written several articles on Lake Nakuru and not all of them have been about good news. There was this problem of Smart Card issue that slowed down checking in clients. They seem to have come of age in this regard and it takes very little time to clear at the gates.Then there was the harassment of d...

Why wild animals are doing better than us

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DISCIPLINE: Animals like lions and elephants chase out male offspring soon as they reach maturity.

On Monday morning, I was listening to my good friends Maina Kageni and Mwalimu Kingangi doing their usual thing during their morning show. The topic of the day was the ever increasing trend where young men are dating women old enough to be their mothers or grandmothers. There was alot of contribution from both genders, all trying to support and explain their positions in the relationship. The age difference was evident in the way the women exp...

Greed the cause of human-wildlife conflict

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In a reaction to last week's article about the human-wildlife conflict, a reader from Mombasa posed the million dollar question: How do we mitigate this problem and yet, people have to live and are important as much as the animals are? She also wanted to know, how do we deal with human population explosion that has forced people to encroach on wildlife areas and cause all this human or wildlife suffering?To begin with, I do not share the same ...

The human wildlife conflict began long ago

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Human-wildlife conflict has been with us since I knew what the term means. It is a term used to describe a situation where people interact with wildlife resulting in a negative impact to either people or wildlife. This negative impact will occur when human population increases and overlaps established wildlife territories and causes conflict when the human population starts to compete for resources with wildlife.Over the years, we have had sit...
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