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THE STANDARD By
Linda Akwabi |
March 8th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Salome Lemalasia and black rhino, Loijipu, at Sera Community Conservancy in Samburu County. [Courtesy]
Wildlife protection is seen as a risky job but deep in the northern rangelands in Samburu County, women are changing the narrative.
We meet Salome Lemalasia, 30, a rhino keeper, at Sera Community Conservancy, going about her duties unperturbed by the danger that lies deep in the wild.
She calls out for four-year-old black rhino, Loijipu, that is busy browsing away shrubs at the foot of a hill. But the animal fails to come forcing the ranger to go for it. Salome and the rhino have a special bond and it is evident as they play on their way to the water point.