Hirola” translates from Somali to something like “the peaceful one” or “the lone one,” referring to its solitary habits. Like other antelopes, Hirola are social but tend to form small herds of 10 to ...
Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Dr Steve Chege from the Northern Rangelands Trust (R) is assisted by Henrik Rasmussen to collar a Hirola. Five ...
In 2008 and 2009, severe droughts killed numerous elephants, hippos and rhinos in Kenya’s Tsavo East National Park. But the tiny population of the Critically Endangered Hunter’s hartebeest or hirola ...
Overgrazing, loss of elephants from poaching and lack of fires have taken away food supplies for hirola -- a large antelope that specializes on grass. University of Wyoming researchers took a big step ...
Nairobi — While the world focuses on the African Union effort to oust Al Shabaab militants from Somalia, another operation is quietly plugging away along the country's southern border with Kenya. But ...
The Hirola, endemic to north-east Kenya and south-west Somalia, is the world's most endangered antelope. It faces huge survival challenges but all is not lost. The Conversation Africa's Samantha ...
Dr Steve Chege from the Northern Rangelands Trust (R) is assisted by Henrik Rasmussen to collar a Hirola. Five endangered hirola antelopes have been collared at Ishaqbini Hirola Sanctuary in Garissa ...