Tag: wildlife
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I’d Rather Be…
How many times have I had the thought – ‘I would rather be…’ run through in my head? There are times in life when we find ourselves in places doing things that are outside our comfort zone. Things get uncomfortable, turn tough and even feel rough only for a season. Pain seems to carry extra…
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Lest we forget!
Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai would have turned 73 yesterday. We remember her with joy and respect, as a distinguished lady. She was a lady of firsts – first East African lady to earn a doctorate degree; the first African lady to win a Nobel Peace Prize and founder of the Green Belt Movement. Ms. Maathai…
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What about the lions?
We have less than 2,000 lions left in our beautiful land and fifty years ago, we had a healthy population of 20,000. My heart weeps. We continue to casually and aimlessly decimate their numbers, willfully and wantonly, hapless about what the future holds, for a nation so dependent on tourism. Lions mean livelihood and a…
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Unfollow the herd, pack or pride
God created animals with a deep instinct for His will. Elephants and other grazing wild animals follow set routes and paths, in migratory patterns that still baffle mankind. Wild animals appear to be obedient to an invisible God, our God. Their regular and constant patterns of migration are so impressive that the game crossing of…
