George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trustelephants

News

Rhino and Mr BRRRRR The Rhino Sanctuary has benefitted enormously from the recent rains, with lush vegetation providing optimum nutrition for the rhinos. The orphaned elephant is now 15 months old and is browsing well.  Thomas and Zacharia, his keepers, spend many hours with him out in the bush every day as his appetite for browse continues to increase. [link]

Vocational Training College We are moving forwards on the plans to build a vocational training college in a village close to the border of Mkomazi National Park.  Local formal meetings have been held on this with a Dutch foundation and the RC Diocese of Same who are involved in this project.   We are excited about this VTC as providing the young men of that area with a technical skill will give them a chance of employment after their education is finished.  Suzuki Rhino Club have been greatly involved in this project since inception and wish to put in and equip a mechanics' training workshop, which is wonderful. TANAPA continue to work closely with us and recently the GAWPT personnel and TANAPA staff have undertaken joint patrols in the area. [link]

Wild dog Reports in from Tsavo West National Park that a pack of 'at least 20 wild dogs' has been seen, one of which is wearing a collar.  As we are the only people in the region collaring wild dogs (one wild dog is collared per released pack) and as the collar colour is distinctive, this is a pack of wild dogs from our breeding and reintroduction programme. [link]

Mugie announcement The George Adamson Wildlife Trusts greatly regret having to report that Mugie, the young sub-adult lion being reared at Kora was attacked on Thursday 11th April at around 8pm by a pack of at least eight hyenas, probably more. [more]

Trustees

Trustees

BobMarshall-Andrews QC - chairman
A practising member of the Bar. Appointed a Recorder of the Midland & Oxford Circuit in 1982 and the Queen's Counsel in 1987. Has been involved in, and supported a number of, conservationist and environmental projects and assisted in the foundation of the Kora Wildlife Preservation Trust. His book "The Palace of Wisdom" published by Hamish Hamilton in 1988.

Paul Chauveau

Brian Jackman
Author and freelance journalist with a life-long passion for the African bush. Over the past 30 years he has travelled widely throughout Africa, writing travel features and wildlife conservation stories for The Sunday Times, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, BBC Wildlife Magazine and others. During that time he twice visited George Adamson at Kora, and it was then that he also met Tony Fitzjohn for the first time, forging a friendship which has remained to this day. Books on Africa include The Marsh Lions and The Big Cat Diary (with Jonathan Scott), and Roaring at the Dawn. He also edited Battle for the Elephants, by Iain and Oria Douglas-Hamilton, and My Serengeti Years, by Myles Turner.

Major Bruce Kinloch MC
Held commission in the Third Ghurka Rifles and awarded MC during Burma Campaign in 1942. District Commissioner in Kenya, Chief Game Warden of Uganda, Tanzania and Malawi, founder trustee of Uganda National Parks, executive trustee of Tanzania National Parks, founder of the College of African Wildlife Management, United Nations Fellow of Wildlife Management, Wildlife Management adviser to the governments of Botswana and Ruanda, founder trustee of the Kora Wildlife Preservation Trust. Books "Sauce for the Mongoose" and "The Shamba Raiders" published by William Collins & Sons and the latter published by Ashford Press

Anthony Marrian
Born Nyeri, Kenya 1949. Educated Pembroke House and Shrewsbury. Has pursued a business career in electronics, plastics, food, construction and computers. Founder member of the Kora Wildlife Preservation Trust.

Andrew Mortimer - treasurer
Born in 1943, his core career was in international banking and finance.  Subsequent roles took him into the management of several diverse companies. His other interests include sports administration particularly rugby union. Now retired, he has been a trustee and treasurer of GAWPT since 1989

Tim Peet
Retired surgeon. E African connection mainly Uganda. Visited Mkomazi project in 1996 and was impressed! Has a diploma in Conservation Management. Involved with Norfolk Wildlife Trust (Council Member) and Guernsey Trust, La Societe Guernesiaise. Trustee of the Sarnia Charitable Trust devoting funds to wildlife charities

John Rendall
Along with fellow Australian Anthony Bourke, took a lion (Christian) to George Adamson for rehabilitation in the Kora National Park in 1970. Christian's successful rehabilitation was the subject of a book "Lion Called Christian" published by William Collins & Sons and subsequently filmed for television documentaries. Active fundraiser.

Alan Toulson
Educated at Mill Hill School and Kings College London. Retired solicitor and former senior partner of Reynolds Porter Chamberlain and legal adviser to a wide range of businesses and charitable organisations. Legal adviser to a wide range of businesses and charitable organisations.

Peter Wakeham
Educated at Mill Hill School and Ealing School of Business. Held variety of senior positions in multi-national organisations including Unilever, Mars, PepsiCo and McKinsey. Co-founder of PrecisionIR Inc. (formerly WILink), leading internet centric communications firm, specialising in investor relations. Chairman Mill Hill School Foundation Appeal Board and active angel investor living in Lugano, Switzerland.