The Chaircat's Blog

News and opinions from the born free, critters and their human friends as overheard by Duma Duke

The BBC captures our Bongo

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

January 2004 in retrospect: The BBC amongst other reputed television networks reports the return of 20 of Africa’s rarest and most elusive antelope, the Mountain Bongo, to Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy. 5 years on – January 2009: In anticipation of a first wilderness release later this year, a BBC film crew has returned to Mount [...]

A Gift of a Very Special Kind

Friday, March 6th, 2009

As the ardent Kenya lover knows, the country that straddles the equator enjoys distinct seasons influenced by the monsoon – two wet and two dry periods. During the course of the year, the monsoon’s low pressure belt moves between its northernmost point over Arabia and its southernmost point over Zambia. As it travels between these [...]