Nigel Rowley, MD, Medina Palms recently cycled 1070 miles across Britain, from Lands End to John O’Groats to raise funds for the Born Free Foundation lion conservation project in Kenya.
In the last few years, Africa has lost 70% of its lions and today as few as 16,500 animals remain. In Kenya, a stronghold for lions in Africa, as few as 2000 lions remain. The lion’s hunting grounds have been lost to agriculture and farmers use poisons, rifles and snares. Prey species have been depleted, populations have become fragmented, and it is still legal to shoot lions for ’sport’. Africa without lions is unimaginable. This project aims to raise money for lion conservation projects but also create awareness of the drastic decline in lion numbers and highlight what can be done to improve the situation.
Virginia McKenna, Founder, The Born Free Foundation receiving a cheque at Elsas Kopje Lodge , Meru National Park for 300,000 Kenyan Shillings (£2,400 GBP)
from Nigel G Rowley, MD, Medina Palms Watamu Kenya
In additon Nigel raised 300,000 KHs for The Watamu Community Hospital
