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Drought forces Kenya's Maasai and other cattle herders to consider fish and camels
Like many other Maasai women, Charity Oltinki previously engaged in beadwork and her husband was in charge of the family's herd. But the drought killed almost 100 of their cows, and only 50 sheep ...
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‘Zero-cabbaging’ Maasai cattle to beat drought
It is a drought relief scene that has not been witnessed elsewhere. Emaciated cows belonging to Maasai herders heartily munch green, succulent cabbages then quench their thirst in a trough filled ...
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Why Poison Is a Growing Threat to Africa’s Wildlife
A young male lion was one of three members of Kenya’s famous Marsh Pride to die in 2015 after eating a cow carcass that Maasai herders had laced with carbosulfan, an insecticide. The lions had ...
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Meet Kenya's ‘biological assets’ millionaires
You must have seen Maasai herders turning the city into shamba la wanyama with hundreds of their cattle. Abba Mburu, a business analyst, says cows are biological assets with their value being ...
Maasai Mara’s Legendary Lion Lorkulup Honored in New York’s Times Square
WanMiaoYiWang Pet Service Co. and Chinese wildlife enthusiasts call for global attention to the survival crisis of African ...
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Building alliances to strengthen Indigenous movements: Reflections from IFIP 2025
It was an immense honor to participate in the first-ever International Funders for Indigenous Peoples (IFIP) Conference on ...