‘I’ve seen a rhino shed tears’ – Kenya s animals through the eyes of its rangers
With a new documentary set to shine a light on Kenya’s Ol Pejeta Conservancy, four conservation heroes speak about their vital work
24 January 2021 • 2:52pm
Secret Safari: Into the Wild tells the stories of those working on the Ol Pejeta Conservancy
Credit: Television Stills
It’s hard to believe a rhino can feel anything through its thick, leathery armour, but when caretaker Joseph Wachira gave his docile dependent a tickle, I swear the 1.5-ton animal smiled. Soft and pliable, like an underbaked pastry, the skin was like nothing I had imagined; then again, patting a wild animal whose mood can swing like a pendulum was not a scenario I had visualised either.
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