Stood in the Maasai Mara

Cheruiyot at Ranger Graduation

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Cheruiyot at Ranger Graduation

Photo

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N’gan’ga. Head of Construction.

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N’gan’ga. Head of Construction.

Top: Senior Sergeant Olarikoni. The lapels on the suit have...

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Top: Senior Sergeant Olarikoni.

The lapels on the suit have been tailored to include material from a Maasai shuka, which is part of the traditional looking dress of the Maasai, as worn by Wilson in the photo below.

Saruni.

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Saruni.

Wambui and Christine. Although you see woman working in the...

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Wambui and Christine. Although you see woman working in the Kenyan police, army, and even within the KWS (Kenyan Wildlife Service), there are currently no female rangers on the Trans Mara side of the Maasai Mara National Reserve. Despite this, Wambui wielded great power within the organisation and brushed off sexism and tribalism as easily as the savannah dust.

Bushmeat Poachers with their haul of Thomson Gazelles.

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Bushmeat Poachers with their haul of Thomson Gazelles.

Arrested Poachers. Rangers take down the details of three men...

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Arrested Poachers. Rangers take down the details of three men arrested for hunting bushmeat inside the reserve.

Ranger Mohammed Moguche and Family at Graduation...

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Ranger Mohammed Moguche and Family at Graduation Ceremony.

Maasai Mara, 10.11.09

Mara Conservancy Canine Unit.

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Mara Conservancy Canine Unit.

Road Team.

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Road Team.

More Bahati.

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More Bahati.

Bahati the Eland. Bahati, meaning ‘lucky’ in...

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Bahati the Eland. Bahati, meaning ‘lucky’ in KiSwahili, was found by young Maasai boys hidden away in some bushes. They - possibly wrongly - assumed she had been abandoned by her Mother and so brought her down to Oloololo Gate where she was looked after by the rangers. Bahati became one of the most photographed elands in the Maasai Mara and probably one of the best fed, as guests from the camps and lodges would bring her a little something from their breakfast spread. Bahati developed quite a taste for freshly baked croissants. Eventually, after a year or so, she started to wander and I occasionally received phone calls from angry camp managers who were trying to shoo away an over friendly eland away from their breakfast tables (it’s very hard to shoo an eland with fully developed horns). One morning however she disappeared forever and the rangers told visiting guests who knew of Bahati that she had most likely gone in search of a mate. The Assistant Warden later told me that she had in fact been taken down by a couple of male lions who found her to be rather sluggish and very easy pickings. Her bahati had run out.

A young Bahati.

Bahati on NTV Kenya.

and buffalo. Hand reared by rangers at Ngiro-are, Hana the...

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and buffalo.

Hand reared by rangers at Ngiro-are, Hana the buffalo refused to leave the gated compound by herself up until the age of three when she became slightly more adventurous and would walk for half a mile across the border to the Tanzanian ranger post, stay the night, and then walk back home the next day.

Nelson, centre.

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Nelson, centre.

Nelson Nakuso (far left) c. 1998 Today, Community Scout with...

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Nelson Nakuso (far left) c. 1998

Today, Community Scout with Anne Kent Taylor Fund.

Ranger Training; Naivasha, Kenya. c. 1994. (4 of 4)

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Ranger Training; Naivasha, Kenya. c. 1994.

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Ranger Training; Naivasha, Kenya. c. 1994. (3 of 4)

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Ranger Training; Naivasha, Kenya. c. 1994.

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Ranger Training; Naivasha, Kenya. c. 1994. (2 of 4)

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Ranger Training; Naivasha, Kenya. c. 1994.

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Senior Sergeant Olarikoni.

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Senior Sergeant Olarikoni.