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Kitirua Conservancy (Amboseli) and Enonkishu
Conservancy (Mara)

Rabies is a life-threatening zoonotic disease that affects both human and

animals (both domestic & wild). While it is 99% lethal if untreated, it is 100%
preventable through vaccination of domestic dogs and cats which are the
primary carriers of the rabies virus. The Government of Kenya has a strategy
in place for the elimination of dog-mediated rabies by 2030. Elimination is
achievable through mass dog vaccination because dogs are responsible for

transmission of over 98% of all human rabies.

Kitirua Conservancy: In 2019, with support from The Original Ker & Downey

Safaris and International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), we ran the second
and final phase of a rabies vaccination campaign that started in late 2018 in
Kitirua Conservancy. The vaccination which was carried out by veterinarians
from Vétérinaires sans Frontières Germany (VSFG), reached 341 homesteads
vaccinating 519 dogs and cats.

Enonkishu Conservancy: For the second year, KWT supported Enonkishu
Conservancy’s rabies vaccination campaign. The exercise, carried out by thirteen

veterinarians on 547 dogs targeted areas around Enonkishu, Ol Chorro and
Lemek conservancies.

Ngararambuni Nursery School - Amboseli

Ngararambuni pre-school was established in 2003 by the community around
Kitirua Conservancy to serve the young children from the area. The school

currently caters for 120 children from pre-primary to grade 2. Through funds
raised by the Original Ker & Downey Safaris in 2019, KWT was able to support
the school by paying full salaries for four teachers and providing books and

stationery for the students.

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