In the second feature of our #10Guardians series, we meet Charles Lekatai — ranger commander at Ruko Community Conservancy. Until 2012, Charles had never seen a giraffe, picturing them only from the stories his grandfather used to tell. Charles’ journey to giraffe guardian is synonymous with Ruko’s fight to bring their native giraffe home.
Read MoreWe brought you 10Women, then 10Morans, now we bring you 10Guardians! 10 stories from 10 wildlife guardians across the NRT member conservancy landscape – from wildlife vets to conservancy rangers, elephant caretakers to turtle patrollers. First in the series is north Kenya’s wildlife vet, Steven Chege. Working across the NRT member conservancies thank to support from San Diego Zoo Global, Chege has had an extraordinary patient list; from elephants with gunshot wounds and lions with infections, and once a black rhino who needed life-saving eye surgery.
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