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Showing posts with label maasai mara. Show all posts
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Saturday, October 18, 2014

SAVE the MAASAI MARA ELEPHANTS! "Fighting the elephant ivory poachers of Kenya" - Telegraph

"...We are standing on the plains of the Maasai Mara, the most northern extension of the fabled Serengeti, one of Africa's most beautiful wildlife ecosystems. Out here today there is tranquillity: wildlife going about its
business, uninterrupted by the predations of modern man. As the sun begins to set behind the hills, zebras,
wildebeest, giraffes and a small herd of elephants head towards the Sand river for water. Above, eagles and
vultures are riding the thermals like so many kites against a cobalt-blue sky. Right now the only predators
these animals need fear are the lions, hyenas and occasional leopards that are part of the ecological chain..."