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The Craig-Douglas family were allocated the land by the British colonial government in 1922 and managed it as a cattle ranch for over 50 years. In 1983, the Craigs and
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In 2015, Edward Ndiritu, employed at Lewa as head of the Anti-Poaching Unit and the Northern Rangeland Trust, received the Tusk Wildlife Ranger Award from
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Szapary, Peter (2000). "The Lewa Wilflife Conservancy in Kenya: A Case Study". In Prins, Herbert H. T.; Jan Geu Grootenhuis; Thomas T. Dolan (eds.).
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to change his company's name to Rhinotek Computer Products, when the company began sending part of its annual revenue to support Lewa.
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covers over 62,000 acres (250 km). The Conservancy is home to a wide variety of wildlife including the rare and endangered
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was included within the fence, creating a 26,700-hectare (66,000-acre) wildlife preserve. In 2001, Lewa partnered with
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Lewa has its own education program that helps develop schools and students. Lewa Wildlife Conservancy is located in
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population and the largest single population of Grevy's zebras in the world (approximately 350 individuals).
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Monument of Nature? an Ethnography of the World Heritage of Mt. Kenya
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and is a wildlife sanctuary which together with the adjacent
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Leadbeater, C. (2015). "Royal Award for rhino protector".
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Kenya
Ngare Ndare Forest
black rhinos
Grevy's zebras
sitatungas
lion
leopards
elephants
rhinos
Cape buffaloes
eastern black rhinoceros
Meru County
Isiolo
Mount Kenya

Reticulated giraffe
Anna Merz
Ngare Ndare Forest Reserve

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