Visitor Scared by a Beetle
Category: Uncategorized | Date: Jul 21 2009 | By: ngongforest
Last Sunday we set out for an evening walk that we all came to admire.
This time, Mike’s wife informed us that she felt extra energy and would prefer us to take a longer route than usual. True to her words
she would keep ahead of us for almost the entire walk,stopping only to give direction whenever she found a junction.A fallen branch did
not catch her attention for she just maneuvered around it, but it did catch the attention of her son,who was by now tired and on his
dad’s back. I pointed at a tall tree and told them that, its from where the branch had fallen from and its called an
elephant toothbrush. The lady jokingly inquired, “since when did elephants start brushing their teeth?”,which made all of
us fall in laughter.
But what really amused us y was to see the lady running away from a large beetle that Nicholas had spotted and held on his hand. For
her it was not funny and she insisted to know why we had to carry it.Only when we explained to her that, it was for an ongoing research to establish different species of beetles and butterflies present in the Ngong forest sanctuary, that she calmed down.
For the rest of the walk her son could not stop laughing at and making fun of her.
Phornacinus spp
Ngong Road Forest Sanctuary commonly referred to as Nairobi’s carbon sink is protected through kind donations from well wishers and friends of the forest. Kindly join us by donating towards the protection of this unique forest resource.
by Ranger Joseph Karanja
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To the Rescue
Category: Uncategorized | Date: Jul 16 2009 | By: ngongforest
Poaching has become a major threat in almost all protected areas in Kenya, Ngong Forest Sanctuary is not an exemption, thanks to Born Free who have been having desnaring exercises in the forest in conjunction with volunteers from Wildlife Clubs of Kenya.
In a recent 20 minutes desnaring documenting that was centered in areas around Jockey Club of Kenya staff Quarters, (this is within the Sanctuary and one of the most affected area.), we recovered twenty two live snares.
A Borne Free staff with some volunteers
Just a few meters from Jockey Club of Kenya staff Quarters, we found a trapped suni in the dense lantana camara thicket, it was badly wounded around the neck. We did some necessary first aid and released it back to the wild.
Ranger attending to a suni
Ngong Forest Sanctuary commonly referred to as Nairobi’s carbon sink is protected through kind donation from well wishers and friend of the forest. Kindly join us by donating towards the protection of this unique forest resource.
Compiled by Ranger George Thuo
Email: georgethuo94@yahoo.com
Maasai cattle in the forest
Category: Uncategorized | Date: Jul 10 2009 | By: ngongforest
The dramatic changes in the weather condition experienced all over the world has effected each one of us differently. Consider a case in Kenya regions where patrolist communities are found,due to insufficientt or even lack of rain has made conditions unbearable for the pastoralist community living in such areas resulting to most of them fleeing their homes in search of green pastures for their cattle. Some have driven their herds in Nairobi . Ngong Forest Sanctuary is the only indigenous forest found in the Nairobi city, though we have heard past experiences with Maasai grazing in the forest before, they are back, now in large magnitude! as part of community benefiting from the forest resource,have been allowing limited grazing .
Cattle Grazing In The Forest
The seasonal river that supportes wildlife till the next rainy season is at risk of drying up due to increased consumption by the large herds.
Part Of The Seasonal River
We are doing everything possible to curb this problems. Ngong Road Forest Sanctuary commonly refered to as Nairobis’ Carbon sink,is protected through kind donations from well wishers and friends of the forest. Kindly join us by donating towards the protection of this unique forest resource.
by Nicholas Akach
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