Wildlife Works jobs have radically changed the way the local community views wildlife. Before we arrived, they saw wildlife as either bushmeat or money. They poached, clear-cut and rapidly destroyed their natural environment. With Wildlife Works, they can earn enough to feed their families and send their children to school without killing wild animals. The wildlife has become an asset to them worth much more alive than dead. The poaching has stopped and the animals are returning.
Since our arrival in 1988, every day we see proof that our conservation efforts are a success. The elephants returned first, followed by the ungulates (animals with hoofs like zebra) and then the predators. We now have a balanced ecosystem, with 47 large mammal species, including four endangered species: African elephants, Grevy’s zebras, cheetah and African hunting dogs. There are also hundreds of bird species, dozens of reptiles and amphibians and thousands of insect species.
As many as 450 elephants now call Rukinga home, but their numbers can swell to an estimated 1,000 towards the end of the dry seasons in October and March, when it’s not uncommon to see elephants and other wildlife congregating around Rukinga’s numerous water holes and tanks.
See images and read stories about the wildlife that live and are protected in peaceful balance with the community of the Kasigau Corridor, Kenya by clicking on the Wildlife category.
Hello, i live in Mombasa Kenya, and i love wildlife and would really like to do volunteering work. please is there anyway you could help? i would be grateful to volunteer in the wild, be it desnaring, patrols, tree planting rescuing animals etc
awaiting for your favorable reply.
thank you
Hello Abdulrahim. Please email your resume to ask (at) wildlifeworks.com and we will pass it along to the right contact. Thank you for your interest!