Comments on: Severe Animal Losses at Kenya’s Most Popular Park http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/04/29/severe-animal-losses-at-kenyas-most-popular-park/ News & commentary on sustainability, activism, urban planning, politics, and our world. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:32:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: president http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/04/29/severe-animal-losses-at-kenyas-most-popular-park/comment-page-1/#comment-61553 president Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:30:46 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=2870#comment-61553 Poaching is obviously still prevalent. . and nothing is being done to stop it...so so sad! Poaching is obviously still prevalent. . and nothing is being done to stop it…so so sad!

]]> By: Anne http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/04/29/severe-animal-losses-at-kenyas-most-popular-park/comment-page-1/#comment-61552 Anne Fri, 08 May 2009 02:36:46 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=2870#comment-61552 How am I incorrect? The study finished six years ago - which you backed up by saying that it was done from 1989 - 2003. I didn't say that it was published six years ago. The Daily Telegraph article says that the reserve faces mass poaching, it doesn't say that there is. It's media trying to dress up a story. Put into context the stories are from last year when the post election violence resulted in a collapse of tourism. Also, if you read the report, the trend is not clearly downward, it's actually up for the last two years of the study. How am I incorrect?

The study finished six years ago – which you backed up by saying that it was done from 1989 – 2003. I didn’t say that it was published six years ago.

The Daily Telegraph article says that the reserve faces mass poaching, it doesn’t say that there is. It’s media trying to dress up a story. Put into context the stories are from last year when the post election violence resulted in a collapse of tourism.

Also, if you read the report, the trend is not clearly downward, it’s actually up for the last two years of the study.

]]> By: John http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/04/29/severe-animal-losses-at-kenyas-most-popular-park/comment-page-1/#comment-61545 John Sat, 02 May 2009 01:03:56 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=2870#comment-61545 sorry i meant to write 1989-2003. the losses were for that period. the study is about the TREND, which is clearly downward. sorry i meant to write 1989-2003. the losses were for that period. the study is about the TREND, which is clearly downward.

]]> By: John http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/04/29/severe-animal-losses-at-kenyas-most-popular-park/comment-page-1/#comment-61549 John Sat, 02 May 2009 00:45:43 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=2870#comment-61549 More poaching in Masai Mara By Kimojono, Masai Mara Anti Poaching Warden. Now that the tourists are gone from the Mara I have been at home with my family, this is not to say that there is no work for us to do but it is because there is no longer the funding for us to carry on. It is hard to say, but we do not know when the tourists will come back. This was meant to be one of our high seasons, but without the revenue we receive from entrance fees we have had to drastically cutback on all of our operations. http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/mara-poaching738.html#cr More poaching in Masai Mara

By Kimojono, Masai Mara Anti Poaching Warden.
Now that the tourists are gone from the Mara I have been at home with my family, this is not to say that there is no work for us to do but it is because there is no longer the funding for us to carry on.
It is hard to say, but we do not know when the tourists will come back. This was meant to be one of our high seasons, but without the revenue we receive from entrance fees we have had to
drastically cutback on all of our operations.

http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/mara-poaching738.html#cr

]]> By: John http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/04/29/severe-animal-losses-at-kenyas-most-popular-park/comment-page-1/#comment-61548 John Sat, 02 May 2009 00:43:16 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=2870#comment-61548 Mass poaching in Masai Mara in 2008 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthcomment/3334590/Masai-Mara-reserves-face-mass-poaching.html Mass poaching in Masai Mara in 2008

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthcomment/3334590/Masai-Mara-reserves-face-mass-poaching.html

]]> By: John http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/04/29/severe-animal-losses-at-kenyas-most-popular-park/comment-page-1/#comment-61546 John Sat, 02 May 2009 00:34:16 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=2870#comment-61546 Anne, You are completely incorrect! The study was published very recently. The monitoring to establish trends and extrapolation was done from 1998-2003. "is based on rigorous, monthly monitoring between 1989 and 2003 of seven “ungulate,” or hoofed, species in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, which covers some 1500 square kilometers in southwestern Kenya." "Monthly Surveys over 15 Years Link Surge in Human Settlements Near Mara Reserve with Large Losses of Wildlife That Have Made Kenya Popular Safari Destination " Please get your facts correct before spreading misinformation. Anne,

You are completely incorrect!

The study was published very recently.

The monitoring to establish trends and extrapolation was done from 1998-2003.

“is based on rigorous, monthly monitoring between 1989 and 2003 of seven “ungulate,” or hoofed, species in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, which covers some 1500 square kilometers in southwestern Kenya.”

“Monthly Surveys over 15 Years Link Surge in Human Settlements Near Mara Reserve with Large Losses of Wildlife That Have Made Kenya Popular Safari Destination ”

Please get your facts correct before spreading misinformation.

]]> By: Anne http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/04/29/severe-animal-losses-at-kenyas-most-popular-park/comment-page-1/#comment-61555 Anne Fri, 01 May 2009 10:49:03 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=2870#comment-61555 The "recent study" was six years ago! Go here to find out what the Mara is like today: http://www.maratriangle.org/blog/2009/4/23/if-six-years-ago-the-giraffe-population-had-already-fallen-b.html The “recent study” was six years ago!

Go here to find out what the Mara is like today:

http://www.maratriangle.org/blog/2009/4/23/if-six-years-ago-the-giraffe-population-had-already-fallen-b.html

]]> By: Ken Ross http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/04/29/severe-animal-losses-at-kenyas-most-popular-park/comment-page-1/#comment-61547 Ken Ross Fri, 01 May 2009 02:14:07 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=2870#comment-61547 Ten years ago I visited quite a few Kenyan parks, though not Masai Mara. Most were showing signs of decline from human pressure, but I thought that didn't apply to Masai Mara. I'm shocked to hear the truth. Working with locals is important, but we keep avoiding a more fundamental question, apparently because discussing it isn't politically correct: when are we going to get serious about human population control? If we keep multiplying, all the political and economic nature preservation efforts will be only delaying actions in the ongoing destruction of earth's biosphere. Ten years ago I visited quite a few Kenyan parks, though not Masai Mara. Most were showing signs of decline from human pressure, but I thought that didn’t apply to Masai Mara. I’m shocked to hear the truth.
Working with locals is important, but we keep avoiding a more fundamental question, apparently because discussing it isn’t politically correct: when are we going to get serious about human population control? If we keep multiplying, all the political and economic nature preservation efforts will be only delaying actions in the ongoing destruction of earth’s biosphere.

]]> By: sm hudson http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/04/29/severe-animal-losses-at-kenyas-most-popular-park/comment-page-1/#comment-61554 sm hudson Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:38:05 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=2870#comment-61554 Excellent questions by Charles. Continued national and international efforts must be increased to relieve the harsh conditions of subsistance living of so many people around the globe. Many organizations strive to work towards this goal. On an individual basis, we can contact NGO's of our choice to support with whatever financial donations we can afford. Further to that we can let our federal representatives (particularly those on relevant United Nations committees), know of our concerns and interest in these areas. These days, we can even expect a letter to the President of the U.S.A. will be respected!:) Every voice counts; the more the better. Excellent questions by Charles. Continued national and international efforts must be increased to relieve the harsh conditions of subsistance living of so many people around the globe. Many organizations strive to work towards this goal. On an individual basis, we can contact NGO’s of our choice to support with whatever financial donations we can afford. Further to that we can let our federal representatives (particularly those on relevant United Nations committees), know of our concerns and interest in these areas. These days, we can even expect a letter to the President of the U.S.A. will be respected!:) Every voice counts; the more the better.

]]> By: Jonny B http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/04/29/severe-animal-losses-at-kenyas-most-popular-park/comment-page-1/#comment-61550 Jonny B Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:18:48 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=2870#comment-61550 Not good for the environment... Pretty saddening if you ask me. <a href="http://buy-pure-acai.com/" rel="nofollow">acai</a> Not good for the environment… Pretty saddening if you ask me. acai

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