Elephant Neighbors Center (ENC): Ivory belongs to elephants now in Transmara- Mara...

Elephant Neighbors Center (ENC): Ivory belongs to elephants now in Transmara- Mara...: Maasai Mara Grass-root education and awareness elephant campaign walk . " Taking the initiative " 200km walk  Jim Nya...

Ivory belongs to elephants now in Transmara- Mara

Maasai Mara Grass-root education and awareness elephant campaign walk .

" Taking the initiative " 200km walk 

Jim Nyamu Director Elephant Neighbors Center and the leader or Ivory belongs to elephant campaign walk  at Kilgoris trading centre . For the last 11 days I will be walking and talking in areas such as Olmotonyi, Lorgarian, Kawai, Mara Rianta, Aitong  more information about the route please check : www; http://elephantcenter.org  

Addressing community meeting at Kilgoris  #Ivorybelongstoelephants

I was very impressed by Agama hotel by their outstanding campaign banner :  A place to behttp://www.angama.com

With my supporters who walked with me from Lorgarian 27 km to Kawai that includes
Mara West: http://marawest.com and Kichwa Tembo :http://www.andbeyond.com/kichwa-tembo-tented-camp/ and Mpata Safari Club http://www.mpata-masaimara.com

I have addressed 17 community meetings since 24th Sept and am very concerned about the community attitudes towards wildlife conservation and Maasai Mara Game Reserve. In my own analysis the biggest percentage of people living in Mara do not appreciate what they have. about 70 % of the people who stood and either ask or make a comments have  a negative attitude towards the wildlife conservation.

In 2006 Maasai Mara Game Reserve was  named one of the new Seventh Wonders of the World in a poll of experts conducted by ABC Television's Good Morning America. The incredible annual migration of over a million Wildebeest from the Serengeti plains to the Mara has been described as being one of the most awe inspiring sights on earth, and a broadcast on US morning television took this spectacle into millions of American homes.

The sheer spectacle of this event draws visitors keen to witness one of the planet’s largest and most fascinating natural cycles to Kenya each year, and is regarded as the planet's greatest natural spectacle- and it is this remarkable event that saw the Mara ranked as one of the new Seven Wonders.
The central migratory herds of over 1.3 million wildebeest spend much of the year grazing throughout the plains of the Serengeti. The herds calve in January to March, the young born ready to make their first, epic journey. In June, as the dry season withers the grasslands and a distant scent of moisture brings promise of rain in the north, they begin to gather, massing together to form a single vast herd. 
They pour northwards, a pulsing, surging column of life. The sound of the approaching herd is a deep, primal rumbling of thundering hooves and low grunts. This endless grey river of life is mottled with black and white as zebras join the throng, drawn onwards in the search for the rains and fresh life giving grass.
By July the herds begin crossing from Tanzania to Kenya, bringing the plains to life as predators are drawn to this perfect opportunity for easy hunting. 
At the edge of the Maasai Mara the herds face their greatest obstacle, a series of rivers that must be crossed. At the Mara River the herds gather at the banks, piling together in front of the broad fast flowing waters. As the pressure built the herds finally surge into the river, many animals hurling themselves off high banks.

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Elephant Neighbors Center (ENC): Elephant population decline in Maasai Mara Nationa...

Elephant Neighbors Center (ENC): Elephant population decline in Maasai Mara Nationa...: According to KWS, the Republic of Tanzania and African Elephant Database, Maasai Mara National Reserve elephant population has continued de...

Elephant population decline in Maasai Mara National Reserve

According to KWS, the Republic of Tanzania and African Elephant Database, Maasai Mara National Reserve elephant population has continued declined over 10 years or less.

In 2007 the entire Maasai Mara National Reserve that includes Kenyan conservancies had 2,072, 2010 there was slight increase 3,071 and the most recent survey 2014 in collaboration with Tanzania National Park shows a huge decline in the northern part which is Kenya with 1,448 and the entire Maasai Mara- Serengeti ecosystem accommodating 6,087.

 A total of 192 elephant carcasses were counted in the entire ecosystem, of which 117 were in the northern part and 75 in the south. In the north, 84% of carcasses were found outside of the Maasai Mara National Reserve and 18% were found inside. In the south, 27% of the carcasses were found outside protected areas and 73 % were found inside.

Summarised by Jim Justus Nyamu the leading grass-root education & awareness campaign dubbed  “ Ivory belongs to elephants”. We are now preparing for a 200km walk in Maasai Mara covering Western, Northern and Eastern side of the Reserves September 24th- October 4th.

Follow us on https://www.facebook.com/groups/392490094150085/ for more information. Jim Justus Nyamu has now walked 5001km both in Kenya and in US raising awareness on the plight of African elephant .