Two Worlds Collide

I'm a bit rusty at this and considering the best way to go ahead. There's been a fair bit of enthusiasm for the idea which then led to a push for the Loisaba Blog to be reignited too. It's good to be reconnected in any way and the two may become intertwined. Conservation features so highly in my life now what with the woodlands we look after, and other possibilities in the future, it might be interesting to contrast with the heady world of animal conservation in Kenya where droughts and predators can make life very harsh indeed. 

Yesterday these two worlds collided when Tom and Jo, Max and Imara, who manage the Loisaba Conservancy came to visit, meet the horses and walk amongst the Forest ponies. The last time I saw them was at Christmas 2020, in Kenya, when I was introduced to these two chaps: 

This is one of the grooms, Joseph, who had the happy duty of bringing up an orphaned Grevy's Zebra called Bounty. The two of them were practically inseparable and while Joseph carried out his duties in the yard, Bounty trailed after him. Bounty is now living at one of the cattle bomas from where it is hoped that he will make friends and mix with others of his kind, although he is also inclined to pay Joseph a visit whenever he can. There's more about Bounty and Joseph on the Loisaba Blog

The four of us were able to catch up on a lot of news - the arrival of the rhinos at Loisaba and the imminent arrival of a baby camel from my own Tulip.