Wildlife and Conservation at Lewa

Cheetah live on Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya.




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	Mission Statement
	The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy works as a catalyst for the conservation of wildlife and its habitat. It does this through the protection and management of species, the initiation and support of community conservation and development programmes, and the education of neighbouring areas in the value of wildlife.



	Rhinocerous conservation is the core of the conservation programme, especially the black rhinos ...
	Grevy's Zebra A critical species for global conservation, which is abundant on Lewa. Its numbers have greatly declined in unprotected areas, and it is now globally threatened. ..
	The Sitatunga spectacular aquatic antelope - are extremely rare in Kenya, and in order to safeguard their future, some animals were translocated from the only site where they were known to occur to the swamp at Lewa, ...
	Lewa Predators These include cheetah, lions, leopard, hyaena, and rare visits by wild dogs...
	Capture and Translocations Lewa is rich in wildlife with densities as high as anywhere in Africa. As a result Lewa often participates in the translocation of animals to neighbouring conservation areas and National Parks. ...
	Rescue and Treatment Lewa is very often called upon to help and support the various dealings with the emergencies of wildlife because if its expertise and experience...
	Orphans Orphaned wildlife is assisted until they can be released back into the wild...
	Elephants on Lewa Lewa has been an important refuge for elephants. Several herds use Lewa as part of their home range...


	Black Rhinos and Rain! A couple of weeks ago Seiya went missing for a period of nearly ten days....more


	The Marathon breaks Records! The Safaricom Marathon was run on Lewa on Saturday 23 June. The event broke many records and was a great success....more


	Mawingo gives birth to another calf Mawingo (meaning cloud in Swahili) is a 18 year old black rhino female. She has given birth to a total of six calves in her life at Lewa....more


	Predators and Prey! Recently one of the major wildlife sights on Lewa has been a pride of nine lions – two lioness’ and seven cubs (about a year old)....more


	The rains have come back to Lewa The rains have come back to Lewa...more

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Contact: Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, PO Box 10607, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: (+254-64) 31405 Tel: (+254-20) 607197 Fax: (+254-20) 607893
E-Mail: info@lewa.org
U.S. 501(c)(3) Non-profit and Tax Exempt Organisation Nº: 87-0572187 & U.K. Registered Charity Nº: 1069800 & Canadian Business Information Number: 86187 6357 RR0001
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