News

After the onset of an extended rainy season, the Rafiki wa Faru programme continued its trips with the school children from the secondary schools on the boundary of Mkomazi National Park.   As secondary education in Tanzania becomes more and more widely available, the class sizes in the secondary schools are increasing dramatically.  We are in discussion with the school headmasters to see if we should run a competition within the classes to gain a place on the Rafiki wa Faru visit

Environmental education programme After the onset of an extended rainy season, the Rafiki wa Faru programme continued its trips with the school children from the secondary schools on the boundary of Mkomazi National Park.   As secondary education in Tanzania becomes more and more widely available, the class sizes in the secondary schools are increasing dramatically.  We are in discussion with the school headmasters to see if we should run a competition within the classes to gain a place on the Rafiki wa Faru visit [link]

The two new litters of wild dog pups are doing well to date.  We will undertake further reintroductions towards the end of the year when the yearling litters have helped their mothers raise the subsequent litters of pups.  We were visited recently by TAWIRI (Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute) and discussed reintroductions and breeding at length.  We have advised them on our methods and thoughts for reintroductions into other areas

Very sadly we lost six wild dogs to aflatoxin poisoning from a contaminated feed supplement, which was an awful setback.  We were fortunate enough to be able to send one of the dogs (by air) to Seronera in the Serengeti where a team of seven international vets undertook an autopsy and diagnosed aflatoxin poisoning. Feed samples and tissue samples were sent to Nairobi for analysis to confirm these findings.  We have managed to feed a large number of wild dogs in a very remote area of Tanzania every day without fail for sixteen years, so this was quite a shock.  Thankfully, it was diagnosed at the very earliest stage and therefore we were able to stop the feed immediately

Wild dogs The two new litters of wild dog pups are doing well to date.  We will undertake further reintroductions towards the end of the year when the yearling litters have helped their mothers raise the subsequent litters of pups.  We were visited recently by TAWIRI (Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute) and discussed reintroductions and breeding at length.  We have advised them on our methods and thoughts for reintroductions into other areas [more]

We have taken delivery of more fence posts so that our dedicated teams can continue with the replacement and repair of the rhino sanctuary fence line. This is a continuous task with 10,000 fence posts needing replacement.  Semu Pallangyo oversees the fence teams.  A new road network is being developed and a further water source is being put in place in an area where the females give birth to their calves.  Three new security outposts are in place.  TANAPA are undertaking external ranger patrols

Mkomazi rhino sanctuary We have taken delivery of more fence posts so that our dedicated teams can continue with the replacement and repair of the rhino sanctuary fence line. This is a continuous task with 10,000 fence posts needing replacement.  Semu Pallangyo oversees the fence teams.  A new road network is being developed and a further water source is being put in place in an area where the females give birth to their calves.  Three new security outposts are in place.  TANAPA are undertaking external ranger patrols [link]

TANAPA are doing a great job with the management and development of Mkomazi National Park.  New water sources are being worked on and a survey team has come up from Dar es Salaam to look at the potential for a dam in one area near the Superbowl where there is a flood plain.  Ranger patrols continue and joint patrols have also been undertaken with TANAPA, KWS and GAWPT personnel

Mkomazi National Park TANAPA are doing a great job with the management and development of Mkomazi National Park.  New water sources are being worked on and a survey team has come up from Dar es Salaam to look at the potential for a dam in one area near the Superbowl where there is a flood plain.  Ranger patrols continue and joint patrols have also been undertaken with TANAPA, KWS and GAWPT personnel [link]

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The George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust was formed in England in 1979 to raise funds for the work being done in the Kora National Park in northern Kenya by George Adamson and his assistant Tony Fitzjohn.

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Visit our children's site

Dotty Rhino is a project within The George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust that has been created specifically for children. It was voted the BEST AFRICAN WEBLOG at the 2008 Bloggies! The Dotty Rhino animated website has been created for an imaginative and considerate audience and aims to be both educational and fun. The entire site is a guaranteed safe place for kids (and parents!)

Every week in the blog you can read about the Mkomazi residents as they go about their daily lives. Young visitors can also play the online game, download dotty artwork whilst parents can visit the online Dotty store. Proceeds from T Shirt sales go directly to the day-to-day running of Mkomazi. Please click here to take a look at the site