Kenya Airways’ Protection of Wildlife

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Kenya Airways (KA) has recently announced their commitment to protecting wildlife. Through working closely with communities and partnering with foundations such as the Kenya Wildlife Trust, KA aims to preserve and protect the most endangered animals.

Mission: Maasai Mara

Maasai Mara is an area of wilderness which falls in the northern-most section of the Mara-Serengeti ecosystem in Tanzania and Kenya, comprising mostly of open grasslands and seasonal streams. It is home to lions, leopards, cheetahs to name a few, and a popular destination in Kenya for safaris. Yet the problem lies in the fact that such animals amidst many are endangered and worst becoming extinct – a problem which Kenya Airways (KA) aims to alleviate.

[Maasai Mara] | © [Kenya Airways]

[Kenya Airways’ Magazine: Msafiri] | © [Kenya Airways]

Conservation in Conversation

In the magazine, conservationists took it in turns to speak of each endangered animal in focus: Vultures who are being killed with poison, African Wild Dogs at risk to snares and road kill, Mountain Gorillas and the African Elephant who are at risk of habitat loss and poaching (of left are Wild dogs totalling 7000, Gorillas 1063, and the Elephant with only 3 species left out of the dozens that existed millions of years ago); Lions and Cheetahs that are being killed because of conflict with humans. This includes a segment on how Kenya Airways has teamed up with Kenya Air Wildlife Trust through its flagship Mara Predator Conservation Programme to deliver programmes and activities to help protect these wild endangered animals, for instance, the Cheetah.

[Cheetahs in the Wild] | © [Kenya Airways]

KQ Go Wild Adventure

On a lighter note, to appreciate these wild, yet fascinating animals Kenya Airways (KA) encourages us to take a trip to the Nairobi National Park which is home to the endangered black rhino, lion, leopard, cheetah, buffalo, giraffe and over 400 species of bird life and is approximately 1 hour 40 minutes away by flight from the other safari Maasai Mara.

[Giraffes in Nairobi] | © [Kenya Airways]

Kenya Airways have also partnered with AngamaSafari in the Greatest Mara Photographer of the Year competition, to encourage people to submit high-quality imagery of wildlife to raise the profile of photographers and make way for conversation – something you could do once you get that holiday booked to Nairobi.

[Kenya Airways’ Submission of Photo for the Greatest Mara Photographer of the Year Competition] | © [Kenya Airways]