Contact addresses:

Edward Loosli - Chairman, The Wildlife Foundation - Kenya
President, The Wildlife Trust - U.S.A.: Ed-L@sbcglobal.net

Irina Katherina Wandera - Office Manager:
ikwandera@gmail.com

John Sinkeet Solonka - Field Director: sinkeet1@yahoo.co.uk










Send tax-deductable checks to:

The Wildlife Trust
120 La Bolsa Road
Walnut Creek, California USA 94598



Wildlife Conservation Lease Program

Thanks to the generous contributions from The Nature Conservancy (USA), the Kenya Wildlife Service and the contribution (Sept. 2009) from the Global Environment Facility through a World Bank/GEF Project, 55,000 acres of savanna grasslands and more than 380 Maasai families are living under the environmental protection of the Wildlife Conservation Lease Program managed by The Wildlife Foundation, up from 8,600 acres in 2007. Nairobi Nat. Park is approximately 28,500 acres, so this expansion of the Lease Program throughout the Nairobi National Park wildlife dispersal area almost triples the size of the ecosystem's protected habitat. Under the written terms of the Wildlife Conservation Lease contract, in return for a contribution of $4 per acre per year, individual Maasai landowners living outside the open un-fenced southern boundary of Nairobi N.P. agree to keep their lands un-fenced and un-cultivated. The landowners further agree to manage their land for wildlife, including lions, and sustainable livestock grazing, the traditional pastoral way of life that has well served both wildlife and the Maasai people for generations. ***** Please support these hard working people and the wildlife that share their land ******



Monday, December 14, 2009

Leopards of Nairobi National Park

Yumi Yamane, a zoologist from Kyoto University is researching leopards in NNP, specifically looking at the conservation of these elusive cats and at interaction between leopards and people living outside the Park. Will Knocker reports that Yumi trapped and collared 2 female leopards in the Park in January 2009 and has been trying to keep up with them through radio signals & GPS readings showing their movements since then. KWS further reports a female with 3 cubs in the Langata Forest area of Nairobi National Park. Yumi has positively identified at least 5 different males & estimates the entire Nairobi National Park leopard population at between 10-20. Having these elusive beauties so close to "civilization" is what helps makes Nairobi National Park so unique and special.
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