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70 Snares collected in 2 days: CNN arrive today.

Category: An Urgent Appeal, Snares | Date: Jul 09 2008 | By: William

Ngiro are Rangers with collected snares

Ngiro are Rangers with some of the collected snares

In the last two days, rangers from Ngiro-are and Serena patrol posts have collected 70 snares. Yesterday they found thirteen wildebeest caught in the snares - ten were already dead but they were able to free three.

We are still doing what we can to get the message out that the Mara needs the support of those from around the world. We have the Spanish newspaper El Mundo here at the moment and then later on this afternoon CNN are arriving and will be here until Friday.

We would also like to thank Bonnie who owns the Karen Blixen Coffee House in Nairobi who is going to put on a fundraiser in September for the Mara, as well as Gaurav who is organising a fundraising football match in Nairobi, and then later in the Masai Mara. I’ll put more news up on both events closer to the time.

Ngiro Rangers removing snare yesterday.

Ngiro-are Rangers removing snare yesterday. 

We would also like to thank all those who have set up monthly donations to the Mara Triangle. As you know, we thought this crisis would be short term but it looks now like it’ll be several months until tourists return so we need to raise as much as we can.

Please, if you can, set up a monthly donation and ask your friends to do the same.

We need to keep up the fight.

Wildebeest caught in a snare.

Wildebeest dead in a snare.

Update: Rangers were out on night patrol last night and caught one poacher.

11 Responses to “70 Snares collected in 2 days: CNN arrive today.”

Jim from Mass USA, on 09 Jul 2008

Good work! … the world is listening … http://blog.mediasauce.com/2008/07/08/social-media-creating-social-change-mara-triangle/

Sharon, on 09 Jul 2008

The 8 July 2008 Wall Street Journal had a small article on traveling to the Mara. It said that the recent unrest in Kenya has not affected travel to the area. I wish they would have checked WD before printing the article to get it right! Otherwise it was really good press for the Mara!

Annie, on 09 Jul 2008

Wow………hate to see the Wildebeests caught in the snares…….at least you guys are getting the word out……..nice work…………..hopefully I can send a donation soon! Take care!

Cathy, on 10 Jul 2008

Surely tourism is picking up again now?

And with the number of lodges and camps in the Masai Mara, even if numbers are low, there must be enough to pay for most of your work?

kim, on 10 Jul 2008

ive just got back from kenya and its not good for numbers of tourists visiting im sure this will take quite some time everywhere we stayed was only 10%full and when we went on to do a 2 day short safari in tsavo we were the only guests in a brand new lodge it is a really dire situation out there i think you guys are doing a great job i just hope tourism starts to come back for you all i will certainly carry on with our monthly donation and urge others to help the knock on effect of the violence has been terrible for kenya

Gail, on 10 Jul 2008

I remember from my stay that there were many more lodges in the Narok side than the Mara Triangle. How many lodges and beds are in the Mara Triangle?

Mitch, on 10 Jul 2008

Jim from Mass USA–thanks for checking out my blog post and much more so, thanks for keeping the conversation going!

The world is, indeed, listening! The more we can all continue the dialog the more awareness we can all bring to Mara. It is truly amazing how much impact social technologies can have on the issues that matter to us as individuals, especially when the story is as compelling as this one. In years past, we wouldn’t have had any idea about what is going on until the end of the week when CNN begins airing its broadcasts!

Thank you so much to all of you in Mara who are doing such a great job of utilizing technology to connect with all of us to share your story.

kimojino, on 12 Jul 2008

Thanks everyone for your comments. Your support has been very strong and we appreciate alot. The war against poaching is a difficult and expensive meaning that alot of funds is involved in carrying out these operations.
The arrival of wildebeests in the Mara Triangle is yet another challenge for our Rangers to prove their capability to protect these wonderful animals from the poachers` wire snares.
We have had two groups of Journalists this week and we absolutely believe that the message will reach many people all over the world to help us continue with our work.

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Wolfgang, on 18 Jul 2008

This may sound crass, but if it is so important to stop the poachers to save the wildebeest and the Mara, you should start executing all poachers caught. You don’t fight cancer by treating the symptoms, you destroy the cancerous tissues to protect the body. These poachers sure sound like a disease on the wildebeest to me. If they had their way, they would kill every wildebeest until none were left and then move on to something else. Definitely the same way that a virus works. It sounds like the world would be better off without them.

REWolfgang, on 18 Jul 2008

That is the most asinine thing I’ve ever heard. Maybe you should subject yourself to living in poverty without food for your family. Let’s see what measures you take. Please do the world a favor and never use the internet again.

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