Colin Church, Kenya PR executive who oversaw the protection of black rhino and other rarities in the Aberdare park – obituary A 250-mile-long electrified fence was installed surrounding the Aberdare mountain range, protecting elephants, leopards and antelopes Colin Church planting a post in Mau Eburu Colin Church, who has died aged 81, was a Kenyan public relations executive who devoted the latter part of life to protecting his country’s wildlife and mountain forests, becoming one of East Africa’s most renowned conservationists. From 2002 to 2012 he served as the chairman of Rhino Ark Charitable Trust, a charity dedicated to combating the rampant poaching of black rhinos in central Kenya’s Aberdare National Park. He oversaw the completion, in 2009, of an 250-mile-long electrified fence surrounding the mountain range.