matter is, these magnificent animals would most likely be gone without the intervention of man. people pay a lot of money to come see these animals. without that money, the overwhelming likelihood is that they would have been wiped out long ago. particularly this one whoa, what s that? karmusha: that s a rhino. our first rhino. kamau: wow. anthony: the conservancy was set up specifically to protect these guys. [ gunshot ] poaching is, of course, an
poaching is, of course, an ever-present danger to both the animals at lewa and the people who look after them. particularly the rhinoceros, whose horn is believed by wealthy chinese buyers to be a strong medicine with virility-enhancing powers. the reality, that the substance that makes up a rhino horn is the same as the human fingernail, does not deter a market that will pay tens of thousands of dollars for a single horn. with 62,000 acres to cover, lewa s anti-poaching program is necessarily aggressive, inclusive, and cutting edge, relying on local trackers, advanced tracking technologies, and perhaps most importantly, good community outreach and intelligence gathering. if the local people are not on your side, you are at a serious disadvantage. karmusha: so that s a white rhino. kamau: it s a white rhino?
right next to the little tree. kamau: whoa. anthony: oh, there s a bunch of them. karmusha: yeah, yeah. if we re lucky, they might come down the hill. kamau: that s lucky? we define lucky in different ways. karmusha: they seem to be having their eyes on something. he s going to go left so we have a good position. kamau: hey, how you doing lion? so the lion is about 30 feet from us or so? just
here and has a deep knowledge of the wildlife of lewa. kamau: this is significantly better than the zoo, i guess that goes without saying. anthony: yeah. kamau: for some reason i had a negative connotation of safari. anthony: they used to shoot animals in safari. there s our kind of safari and then there s the, you know, trump jr. safari. kamau: yeah, i think i was afraid every time i said the word that people were just like, what are you doing? like anthony: no, this is this is a good kind of safari. kamau: okay. anthony: good for the world. kamau: okay, good. karmusha: 100% good for the world. kamau: good for the world. karmusha: good for all the communities.
school, graduate, slowly by slowly they get to see the value themselves. education works very well. kamau: are there efforts for people in the community who couldn t afford to come in here to sort of see what s going on in here so they can have the wanjiku: yeah, we have a conservation education program here, with over 3,500 school children come on to lewa, free of charge, go around, get to see wildlife, because unless you can afford to go to national parks or to places like lewa, then you definitely wouldn t have the opportunity interact with wildlife. kamau: so we re headed towards the lions? is that what we re doing right now? karmusha: so now you can see at the peak, you can just see something sticking out. that s a lion sitting. anthony: oh, i see.