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wild ani;v-ats (paiticutclrty Lion n d leopard) nv-d j ivestoc~ ;hat a n raised on ~Lsim. Although there

2 LS a n electrifled fefice, this onty stops elephant, P, buffa to, r h i w and other herbivores from s t ray ing U- across the boundary.

April 2001 a crisis was locv~iug. A Lbus was ma 5ng regular visits to Kisiwa and t a k i n g futt ad9,antaye ofthe succuLent sheep thatprovided

\a easy p i c k i q s for her. ~ e s p i t e several attempts to Lure her back to Uwa p e r m a e ~ t l y a n d to h a ? her, ;he cont iwed to etude capture a d contbnued to kilt sheep ngutar ty . After 75 sheep and five cows had been killed, only two sotutions to the problem remaiad . Ftrstty to shoot her - c!earL a Last resort fl - a d seccndly to t r y a d dart her I or retocation. After two co!d nights s i t t ing over a bait, the witg lioness ,was darted, a n d transtocated to Meru N0tiov.aL Park. s h e w\r/ spoVC& a radw cottar so that her v~ovenents cavL be monitored.

we m a t t h a n k ~ i s i ~ ~ a f a r m for their patience a n d ass is tance in deat ing with th i s problem a d m a t . T'ne most positive outcome of this episode Ss that ~ l s i m a a d LWC are MW upgrading this section o-f f e w e with fundiing from K ~ S ~ W G a d

A LWC USA. he cost of this qerations is 20,000 dottars a n d wit1 be split betwee& the two. \#hen fimished Jt wit1 be ful L cat-proof. LWC wit! ben@ greatly -fYCv,t this a 3 ~ i s i m a wit! VUI Loqer have tne historic problem of Lion, teo7ard a n d hyena d e c i m a t i q their fiocks.

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l35 O N L Y M A R 4 l W O N IN THE W O R L D R U N INSIDE A qAM6 PARK.

O n the lStJuL 2001 over 300 people Lined up For the stark ofthe second ~ a f a r i c o w - Marathon. Listed a s one of the top ten mara thons in the world, it is c e r t a i n l y one of the m o s t d e m a n d ~ n g . A t 5,500ft, r u n under the blazing sun, th is race:\ is not for everyone; however ofthe 300 s t a r t e r s very few d idn ' t ' make it to the f i d s h i u g Line.

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:ourse around the consewancy. The runfievs were watched 13 zebra, giraffe, rhino a n d warkhog a n d cheered on by quvdnds of spectators! wa te r p a s rovided every S e m a n d ~ M R I F wen OK s t andby a t the & d s h to deal wQh a n y :asuaLkies.

sock Chev~bo from ELdorft won the wvr.'~ -full warathov~ event qith a sco rch i~g time of 2hrs a d 24rninutes. (for t h e full *ace re-port a d results takc a Look a t the News Page on OLLY

rhe event was a huge succe.ss, enjoyed ~ f ? runners a d spectators alike. This gear we raised ~ , o O O , O O O K S ~ for the :eneficlaries, t h i s is over twice the I W K K ~ raised Last year!

sponsoved by safaricovu, hosted by -ewa nnd organised in conjunction vitih Tusk? T u t 0 n d r ~ t l o h ~ i c o l s o n 5 ~ 0 ~ Consultancy, th is w i n n i n g .ornbiv,-ation will be put to the test xxt year for the 2002 went, which ve cak MW announce wiil take place ofi ~ O ~ J U V L C 2002.

ve wou!d like to thank all of you who evLtered and spov~sored he weak , we hope to see LJOK again wt year. A special thanks o Earty P!eydeLL Bouverit one Of the overseas vMMvLers who a t .g YiarS $age raised f30,000, Likewise a b i g thav~k you to dark ROSS, who ran h i s second ~afaricovw warathovb a d 3aIv. rnised over ~~420,000.

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1 320 / People entered the race I 137 ( Finished the full marathon

155 1 Finished the half marathon I 1 15 1 Minutes were knocked off last year's winning time I l 20 1 ~ifferenc counuies were rebr&ented in the a c e 1 / - 33 1 Overseas runners I

250 1 People stayed in the Marathon Campsite

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