Author Archives: Mary
Not much has changed since the 2013 release of the book “Ivory, Horn and Blood.”
Poaching and wildlife trafficking has not changed much since Ivory, Horn and Blood was published in 2013. The carnage continues with the recent poaching of 87 elephants and several rhinos in Botswana, and Feisal Ali Mohammed’s release from a Kenyan … Continue reading
Kenya Wildlife Service’s rhino debacle – what really happened?
For a few weeks now the Kenya Wildlife Service has been “trying” to resolve their dead rhino debacle. No one knows for sure what really happened or how many died because the reports keep changing. This we know: Ten rhinos … Continue reading
Welcome back to the Makena Safari Tales blog!
Welcome back! Global destabilization of wildlife, and the current administration’s anti-conservation doings has prompted me to re-introduce my blog. My mission: To provide you with tales that are conservation driven, sometimes controversial, but respectful without vitriol. So, in the coming … Continue reading
Happy New Year’s, or is it for Africa’s wildlife?
New Years – a time of renewal, resolutions, hope. I had hoped my New Year’s message would reflect that, but it doesn’t. Since the birth of the New Year the poaching epidemic has blossomed with a vengeance, and I don’t … Continue reading
Mother rhino poached while giving birth
Yesterday in South Africa a mother rhino was poached while giving birth. It seems as the year goes by poachers are becoming more and more twisted to the point where the word “human” no longer defines them – not that … Continue reading
