The Last of The Wildlife Warriors.....

Another dead Rhino...Elle...

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The End!

We've become so comfortable hiding behind a screen...

Take action for what you believe is right......

Be the voice for those whose fate we have sealed.....

Every effort goes a long way.....

Never doubt your ability however little....to inspire and change the course....

They say every little helps....

every little counts.....

Be a wildlife warrior today...for the souls that can't defend themselves

"Just Returned Today From Kenya - Very Sad State of Affairs

As someone who loves Kenya, her people and her wildlife and who reads the Nairobi papers daily, I know that tourism has been down. However, I never dreamed how down it could be.....

I spent two full weeks in a Kenyan National Park and am still in a state of shock. On several days there were only 2 clients in camp; numbers went up this weekend to 26 on Saturday and 21 on Sunday (this camp is normally full with 40 - 50 people in camp.

I have always traveled with Southern Cross Safaris in Mombasa for all my 28 trips. They have been in business since 1957 and in addition to being a tour operator, they own two camps, one in Tsavo and one near Amboseli. Mike Kirkland, the owner of SXS has done so very much for wildlife. He and Trevor Jennings built a camp in Tsavo around 1998 and had the vision to put in two waterholes for the wildlife (a large one for the elephants, hippos and large animals and a smaller one for the smaller species).

Please let me eunumerate some of the other things Mike has done for wildlife over the years. When the Aruba Dam Bridge was ruined by a storm, Mike re-built it; he stopped Aruba Dam from being made into an artificial waterhole; two years ago he had four new boreholes drilled (not for camp water but to supply water to the two waterholes for the animals); he has gone to great expense to see that the waterhole has been dredged out of all dirt, mud and dung on two occasions; Mike and his staff built the Ndara Plains waterhole; he started and funds the Wema Centre in Mombasa for human orphans and sees they are all housed, clothed, fed and educated (going so far as to treat all the children to a trip to Tsavo a few months back so the children could learn about their Kenyan wildlife. He supports the Tsavo Trust and supports and has driven in the Rhino Charge. I am sure there are many other things Mike has done to help wildlife that I am not aware of. Thank you Mike for all you have done to better the lives of Kenya's wildlife over the years!

Why am I giving this "commercial" to Southern Cross Safaris? Because most of all I believe in what they do for wildlife. Secondly there are so many tour operators, camp and lodge owners who make their money from wildlife, pay their monthly

bills and pocket what is left over without doing anything (or very little) to contribute to the well-being of wildlife. I salute anyone in the business who supports wildlife by actively doing something positive to make the wildlife's lives better.

If tour companies, camp and lodges are in trouble now because of low tourism, what will happen to the wildlife if those who are doing so much to help wildlife have to "close shop"? Before you stay at any camp or lodge in Kenya, please request information from them of what they actually contribute to wildlife itself and what projects they have been involved in make life better for the wildlife.

I still do not believe the entire drop in tourism is due to "travel advisories". Most of the people in camp I saw were international tourists. Usually there are quite a few "wealthy" Kenyans who visit there - but until last weekend there were none. Therefore I would like to challenge Kenyans who are able to afford a stay in the park for a day or two to PLEASE SUPPORT tour companies and camps and lodges like Southern Cross Safaris to enable them to continue with the caring work they have done for wildlife, and insure you are contributing to HELPING WILDLIFE and not just someone pocketing the profits. The same should be said of NGO's. What have you actually done to improve wildlife's health or safety? 

My hope is that I am not offending anyone but instead encouraging more camp and lodge owners to follow Mike's example and get involved in helping save wildlife."

By the amazing Mama Ndovu - Janet Goss <3

Pic by Mama Ndovu.....for more amazing pics and write ups in support of Wildlife :

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I've loved more times than once...

I've loved more times than once...

And each time as uniquely and intensely as the predecessor...

And though I mourned the loss of each in it's time....

I sit back and reminiscence on those moments that had me joyous..

Realising for some of us it just doesn't take one person in a lifetime to feel loved....

But a few lovers in a lifetime....

I've loved more times than once....

And each time I discovered pieces of me I didn't know existed....

Each love sculpturing me into a better mold of myself...

Learning that afflicted pain comes and goes, you have no control of others actions....

But inflicted pain remains within...burrowing and damaging your inner self.....

Till you are but a shell of your once beautiful soul....

Dear Lovers....I've loved more times than once.....

Tis best to flourish when love is obtainable....

Mourn when it's gone...for a time...not to long till you loose your light completely....

Like a buried seed...when it's time to sprout....
bloom to a new sunshine, love and another chance of love....

Know that you are always beautiful and blessed....always..... <3

Chaos of the ignorant....

So much ignorance in the world…

It takes the energy out of me everyday....

When will we the “people” realise we are but “resourceful” energy to fuel each other’s hate for the benefit of the “super” elite…the nonpareil.... 

We have our theories

We build our animosity

We destroy each other like soldiers on a chess board

We think we know it all

We are fed what to think ..what to think is “right”

When will we understand that we the “people” are but “puppets” of higher governess…

When will we wake up and realize despite our geographical differences….despite our religions…we are just mere human beings, each with one life loaned us to live…a life so fragile it can end at any minute..any hour..

Yet we are so engrossed in things beyond our comprehension…things that are but a delusion…

When we accept we are but just chess pieces…only then can we hold together as one species

For now sadly ….enjoy the chaos of our ignorance..because we think we "know" 

Height of frustration...

 When nothing goes right.... and everything is in disarray

When all your efforts to sort your affairs fail

When even the most motivational quotes just don't give you hope

When all the inspirational sayings have lost meaning

When you loose faith and any aspiration

It's hard to have faith in yourself for a better tomorrow when it just doesn't seem to work....

Yet we wake up with the same clockwork routine, smile with the world, family and friends oblivious to your pain....because again they think their inspirational words worked on you...

When everything being said to you just floats above you, being so engrossed in pain of an uncertain tomorrow... 

I wish people would understand that sometimes we can't be saved from the torments of our souls, that we have to find that light within ourselves to dig us out....

When the will is yours and the spirit to survive comes from within...whatever happens to you is beyond just "the outcome" either but rather the "inward" feeling of oneself. 

The outcome doesn't matter either.....it's pain I surf on above the wave of self destruction, with the belief my battles will eventually equip me for a better tomorrow.

For now, i will sulk, cry, let the pain flow through me so tomorrow that same pain is mine to conquer and not be conquered.

I am meant to survive all my outcomes.

<3 LiveLoveLife <3

Moments.....

I value time more as it lapses...

It stops being how I want my life to be to how I want my moments to be...

I realize life is so much more appreciative and fulfilling when we live it in moments than in one big expectation called "my life"


first school
first puberty
first kiss
first love

All "moments" in our lives....that stay etched in our memories as our lives progress....
.....as we age ......as we grow...

The more I look at life I see we are but just a number of days....how depressing isn't it?!

One life to live they say...however this one life to live is to be experienced fully by how we make the "moments" in our lives.

Have you been so happy at a moment in your life that you looked at it and never wanted it to end? but you watch it, soak in the moment...a bit saddened it too shall pass... 

As time lapses...we realize life isn't one big moment....but a compilation of moments lived to the fullest.

Enjoy the moments....for you will have lots of them
Don't dwell in your pain and hurt....for you will miss out on the good moments to come....

A moment in time is all we need in the series of our lives <3