Wildlife World Zoo founder and owner Mickey Ollson, who died Jan. 9 at age 80 of leukemia, was a dreamer. The lifelong West Valley resident was so regarded for his
Wildlife World Zoo founder and owner Mickey Ollson, who died Jan. 9 at age 80 of leukemia, was a dreamer. The lifelong West Valley resident was so regarded for his
Mickey Ollson was described by the park as a "homegrown business pioneer, philanthropist, leader and educator." Ollson died at the age of 80 after battling cancer.
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Eager to see these giraffes return to their homeland, Pokot and Ilchamus community members got to work. Within a year they had established the Ruko Conservancy, a 44,000-acre community conservancy where both the Pokot and Ilchamus work. “It wasn’t easy,” says Rebby Sebei, a Pokot community member who manages the conservancy. “But both sides were keen for change.”
In 2011 the conservancy received its first group of Rothschild’s giraffes: eight animals relocated from other areas in hopes that they’d multiply and repopulate the area. The giraffes were placed on a peninsula in Lake Baringo, where they could be easily protected from poachers.