This year it was to be different – that gift of real, lasting value for your special someone. After all, Christmas is the season of giving… A mere few days away from prominently displaying your find under the Christmas tree it becomes painfully clear that you’ve left it too late again – or did Father [...]
Sent to us by Sally, a friend of the MKWC, here are some unique pictures: Can you believe this?? You will probably never see this again. A little miracle!… with all the gloomy news floating out there… here is a nice nature story that is uplifting… This tiny deer was delivered by Cesarean section at [...]
Chaircat Duma Duke came across this story of inter-species adoption: A giant farm dog and a tiny piglet cuddle up as if they were family after the baby runt was dismissed by its own mother. Surrogate mum Katjinga, an eight-year-old Rhodesian Ridgeback, took on motherly duties for grunter Paulinchen – a tiny pot-bellied pig – [...]
I didn’t want to tell you, at first, about the little bundle of bones the local senior game warden placed in our care about two weeks ago. He had received word from a (northern) Maasai that a zebra foal had followed his cows into his “manyatta” (a Maasai traditional homestead). The Maasai people are known [...]
I don’t know if this means anything, but for us, April has been the “month of the pig.” No sooner had young Chucky settled in, another came along. This one is a 3 months old bush pig. The medium size one amongst the three wild pigs found in Kenya. The largest, of course you knew, [...]
Kenya is in the midst of election fever. The next ten days are public holidays here. But not so at the Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy where the interests of wildlife are paramount. Thanks to our dedicated wardens and keepers sacrificing their own holiday, the animals will benefit from their special care all through the season. [...]
My dear Friends, In Kenya, rain is usually concentrated in two brief periods during the year. Oddly, this first half of the year it has been almost one long stretch of rain, denying the usual drought its disastrous effects. Never have we seen so much green for so long. Fewer animal orphans resulted. The [...]