This is our last chance to save the northern white rhino – are you in?
THIS IS OUR LAST CHANCE TO SAVE THE NORTHERN WHITE RHINO- ARE YOU IN? You may have already heard about Sudan. He’s one of four northern white rhino left in the world, and the last male of his species....
View ArticleA Early Start for Solo’s Calf
AN EARLY START FOR SOLO’S CALF On the 2nd of July, our tourism office received a report that a solitary young black rhino had been spotted in the middle of the vast expanse of open plains near Morani....
View ArticleRecovering Ol Pejeta’s Beisa Oryx Population
Recovering Ol Pejeta’s Beisa Oryx Population August 31, 2015 Ten years ago, aerial game counts on Ol Pejeta recorded approximately 200 Beisa oryx. Although Ol Pejeta is connected to the larger Laikipia...
View ArticleElephant Rescue at Mutara
One of the many species that benefits from Ol Pejeta’s partnership with neighbouring Mutara, is elephants. Not only do they benefit from a safe passageway into the greater Laikipia ecosystem, but also...
View ArticleCricket Champion Bats for #lastmalestanding
Captain of the Mumbai Indians cricket team and one of the most successful batsman in the Indian Premier League, Rohit Sharma, visited Ol Pejeta on the 16th and 17th September 2015 to meet the last male...
View ArticleRally4Rhinos
Kenyan motorsport champions Nish Lakhani and Teeku Patel take on the East African Safari Classic Rally in aid of Ol Pejeta’s rhinos. High speeds, long distances, poor roads, fickle weather, river...
View ArticleOl Pejeta Orphan Hope Dies
It is with immense sadness that we write to inform you of the death of Hope, an Ol Pejeta orphan who was being hand reared on Lewa Wildlife Conservancy. He fell ill on the 28th September, and despite...
View ArticleAbandoned Southern White Rhino Calf on Ol Pejeta
Ol Pejeta rangers rescue a baby rhino in need of dire medical attention A two-week-old southern white rhino calf has been rescued by the Ol Pejeta wildlife and veterinary teams, after being abandoned...
View ArticleLioness Loses Her Tail in Valiant Battle to Save Her Cubs
This is Sior. Using the same jaws that have brought down buffalo, she gently carries her tiny cub to safety. You’ll notice she only has half a tail – a stark reminder of just how tough it can get...
View ArticleCNN’s ‘Inside Africa’ Explores Rhino Conservation in Kenya
Press release from CNN – Nairobi, 20th November 2015. The Ol Pejeta Conservancy in central Kenya is a sanctuary for many animals, including two species of critically-endangered rhinos. This week,...
View ArticleAnd then there were three…
Nola the northern white rhino’s death leaves just three in the world Nola, a female northern white rhino in San Diego Zoo, died aged 41 on Sunday 22nd November. This leaves just three remaining on the...
View ArticlePEGAS Rescues Two Young Chimpanzees in Liberia
In 2014, the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Ol Pejeta secured a three year grant to initiate the Project to End Great Ape Slavery (PEGAS) funded by the Arcus Foundation. One of the mains aims of...
View ArticleE-Bay for Great Apes in the Middle East
How black market traders and corrupt officials are flouting international law and acting with impunity, devastating endangered species populations A frame from a home video shot in Kuwait. It shows a...
View ArticleCould Recent Stem Cell Research Save the Northern White Rhino?
Reproduction and stem cell researchers meet in Vienna to develop a rescue plan for the northern white rhino International scientists met in Austria in early December for a conference on Conservation by...
View ArticleCritically Endangered Vultures Poisoned in Laikipia
Over 50 vultures have been killed in Mutara Conservancy, Laikipia, after eating poisoned meat intended for lions. Local herders laced the carcasses of three cows with an unconfirmed poison in...
View ArticlePEGAS exposes wildlife traffickers to the authorities. Will they act?
We will call him FS. In November 2014, FS flew to Accra, Ghana. He had ordered three infant chimpanzees through local wildlife dealers, and was flying to Ghana to arrange their shipping to Dubai. The...
View ArticleNew Uniforms from the “Running for Rangers” Campaign
In April 2015, a 5-person “Running for Rangers” team ran the infamous ‘Marathon des Sables’. This is a gruelling, six-day, 250km multi-stage adventure race through a formidable landscape in one of the...
View ArticleEnhanced Fencing for the Endangered Species Enclosure
Here at Ol Pejeta, we constantly strive to do things better. Whether that means developing new ways to help communities harvest water, or incorporating new techniques into our wildlife monitoring and...
View ArticleMeet Ringo the Rhino: Abandoned Baby Rhino Has Starr Connections
Meet Ringo the Rhino Abandoned Baby Rhino Has Starr Connections Beatlemania has spread to Kenya, as an unlikely baby is named after one of the most successful drummers in UK music history. Ol Pejeta...
View ArticleSaving the northern white rhino in virtual reality
Groundbreaking 360° documentary about the world’s most endangered animal to premiere at Tribeca Film Festival Dutch-American filmmaking team Eline Jongsma and Kel O’Neill will launch their long-awaited...
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