Friday 5 July 2013

A four man anti-poaching team permanently guards a Northern White Rhino on Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya


A four man anti-poaching team permanently guards a Northern White Rhino on Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya

It is also the home of 4 of the world's remaining 8 Northern White Rhino, the worlds most endangered animal. There has been an increase in poaching incidents on Ol Pejeta recently, in line with a massive worldwide increase in rhino poaching linked to the rise in the Asian middle class. Anti-poaching teams provide close protection to the rhino, with 24 hour observation over all rhino on Ol Pejeta and 24 hour armed guard protection over the 4 Northern White Rhino who are kept in their own Boma area.

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