The Chaircat's Blog

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

Article in Destination mag

Monday, March 21st, 2011

Here is an article published in the March, 2011, edition of East Africa’s Destination magazine, written by Juliet Barnes. “In the vast savannahs of Africa there is a dimension of time and space that is an echo of our own beginnings and which reminds us that we were not born initially to live in the [...]

Elephant Encounter

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

It seems that our giant friends, the Elephants are getting out of control A few days ago the gatekeeper at our William Holden Education Center had the surprise of his life. While he was busy washing the Education Center’s six-wheeler he was alerted by an unusual noise and hurried to his post at the entrance [...]

Alarming news

Sunday, August 19th, 2007

The Kenya Wildlife Service Intelligence has advised our Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy to be on the outlook for poachers. They have credible evidence that “dealers” are in the area. They may be recruiting poachers and target specific animals, such as Rhino for their horns or spotted cats for their skins Last month, only 30 miles [...]