I was not in Congo!

Category: Endangered Wildlife | Date: Oct 02 2007 | By: admin

Thank you Lisa, Christine C. Jon and all those who have given their comments on my last three posts. It’s very encouraging to see people who are thousands of miles away showing interest in the work we are doing in Samburu. I would like to share with you the satellite image (Google map) of the study area, showing important localities that I have mentioned in my blog. The link is;

From the map, you can see that the area is remote and working there means encountering numerous hardships that have deterred many biologists from venturing there for decades. Below is an image that clearly depicts one of the hardships – insecurity.

The area is Marti (not somewhere in Congo), central part of Samburu bordering West Pokot. Cattle’s rustling between the Samburu and the Pokot is common in this area . We had to get armed escort from the Police Reserves to walk to Langat Lugga where we were searching for Patas’ monkey in what will be the first officail record of patas in Samburu. However, my sadness in this photo was caused by something else, not the insecurity. Lookout for the next post for the details.