Keepers of the Kingdom

By Glennita Miller

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0340363819
• ISBN13: 9780340363812
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Tsavo Story

This is a fictionalized account of the events that ravaged one of Kenya's largest National Parks and its elephant population in the Eighties-Wildlife Enthusiasts will find this book gripping. Those familiar with Africa's conservation efforts of the past two decades will recognize the park as Tsavo and also several of the book's leading characters.An extremely absorbing tale that tells in graphic detail, of the searing drought and the rampant poaching that decimated Tsavo and its Elephants. Many of the problems that make the conservation of Africa's wild heritage a daunting task, have their place here-poaching, corrupt officialdom, traditional dwellers displaced by the park, the apathy of Africans towards wildlife, and the lack of adequate resources.Warden Karanja and a small band of dedicated staff are almost overwhelmed by the odds. Every elephant carcass that they stumble upon is a blow to their morale and when they see the carnage wreaked by well-organized poaching gangs they are devastated. They struggle to comprehend the crisis that confronts them. However with grim determination, perseverance and a little luck they are able to strike at the root of the poaching menace and turn the situation around. The book ends with hope as the long awaited rain falls on the parched earth of Tsavo. Karanja is a fine example of Kenya's indigenous professionals taking over the management and protection of wildlife, which was once the preserve of westerners.