In Kenya, Can War Games Coexist with Wildlife?

A black rhinoceros and her calf, born mid-December 2007 at Ol Pejeta Conservancy, the largest black-rhino sanctuary in Nanyuki, Kenya. Felix Parton / AFP / Getty

From Time Magazine:

James Christian remembers the night a few years ago when he and his wife took a Scottish travel agent camping on their land in Kenya's Laikipia Plateau. As they sat under a starry African sky, the hill opposite them suddenly erupted with gunfire and loud booms. "Red tracer fire opened up, and there were these massive explosions — all of this was opposite us enjoying our African-wilderness experience," Christian says.

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My Comment: The short answer is yes, war games can coexist with wildlife. Also .... the British Government must be paying the Kenyan Government a considerable amount of money to be permitted to use this reserve .... a stipend that probably goes a long way to not only help the reserve in the long run, but to provide a means for the locals to work and be employed.

Still .... it is always a shame to see the wilderness used this way. One can only wish that maybe one day this will no longer be necessary.