Two days ago a male white rhino called Nasoit wandered onto Borana of his own accord. He was born on Lewa, moved to Enasoit Ranch and then Ol Pejeta. When the Northern White rhinos were brought to Ol Pejeta from the Congo he was moved back to Lewa. It seems like he may have had enough of being moved around and has decided that Borana maybe the peaceful option.
For Borana this means that we are getting into Rhino Conservation sooner than we had planned although we have been making good progress with developing our conservation management plan. Nasoit electing to take up residence here has pushed this to the top of the agenda. Everyone here is very excited and rearing to go.
In discussion with Lewa we have decided to let him settle in and this morning Richard Moller and the KWS resident vet came across and fitted a transmitter into his horn so we can find him quickly. KWS will obviously need to endorse this decision and I will meet with Ben Okita (chief Rhino Coordinator KWS) next week to discuss the overall plan with him. Meanwhile LWC have deployed two armed rangers to compliment our team on the ground and training of our rangers is ongoing.
