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Abdullahi Ali: The World’s Rarest Antelope
Ali has been spearheading the conservation of the critically endangered hirola antelope (Beatragus hunteri) in northeastern Kenya since 2005. With a global population size of <500 individuals, its extinction would constitute the first loss of a mammalian genus in 80 years.
Name: Abdullahi H. Ali
Species: Hirola (Beatragus hunteri)
Country: Kenya
Twitter: @alihirola
Bio: Ali is a wildlife Biologist working with the National Museums of Kenya. His PhD dissertation focusses on the population ecology of hirola (Beatragus hunteri), an antelope restricted to the Kenya Somali border and arguably the world’s most endangered antelope.
NatureSpy is a non-profit organisation that aims to research and protect wildlife whilst engaging local communities, primarily using camera traps. NatureSpy supports Discover Conservation. Find out more...
What led you to a life in conservation?
I am a Kenyan national born in Garissa, Kenya and come from pastoral (ethnic Somali) community. I have been involved in wildlife conservation projects in Kenya for the last 10 years, particularly in North-Eastern parts of Kenya. In these areas, I have been involved not only in wildlife research, but also in grassroots conservation and outreach programmes. I got into conservation because I was born and brought up in wilderness areas and I have watched several wildlife species dwindle over the years in my native home. I was particularly alarmed by the rapid decline of elephants, hirola and the reticulated giraffes and this triggered my conservation career.
Most people will never have heard of the Hirola, so what can tell us about this unusual antelope?
I have been spearheading the conservation of the critically endangered hirola antelope (Beatragus hunteri) in northeastern Kenya and southwestern Somalia since 2005. With a global population size of <500 individuals, the hirola is the world’s most endangered antelope; its extinction would constitute the first loss of a mammalian genus since that of the thylacine in 1936.
hirola meaning the beige 1 in somali very majestic
heres where deyr located
very majestic animal @cinina.... the Kenyans also poach dese and send it to rich arabs sheiks in UAE who own private ranches with rare animals
http://kenyasomali.blogspot.ca/2008/03/kenya-poachers-kill-hirola-antelope.html
Ali has been spearheading the conservation of the critically endangered hirola antelope (Beatragus hunteri) in northeastern Kenya since 2005. With a global population size of <500 individuals, its extinction would constitute the first loss of a mammalian genus in 80 years.
Name: Abdullahi H. Ali
Species: Hirola (Beatragus hunteri)
Country: Kenya
Twitter: @alihirola
Bio: Ali is a wildlife Biologist working with the National Museums of Kenya. His PhD dissertation focusses on the population ecology of hirola (Beatragus hunteri), an antelope restricted to the Kenya Somali border and arguably the world’s most endangered antelope.
NatureSpy is a non-profit organisation that aims to research and protect wildlife whilst engaging local communities, primarily using camera traps. NatureSpy supports Discover Conservation. Find out more...
What led you to a life in conservation?
I am a Kenyan national born in Garissa, Kenya and come from pastoral (ethnic Somali) community. I have been involved in wildlife conservation projects in Kenya for the last 10 years, particularly in North-Eastern parts of Kenya. In these areas, I have been involved not only in wildlife research, but also in grassroots conservation and outreach programmes. I got into conservation because I was born and brought up in wilderness areas and I have watched several wildlife species dwindle over the years in my native home. I was particularly alarmed by the rapid decline of elephants, hirola and the reticulated giraffes and this triggered my conservation career.
Most people will never have heard of the Hirola, so what can tell us about this unusual antelope?
I have been spearheading the conservation of the critically endangered hirola antelope (Beatragus hunteri) in northeastern Kenya and southwestern Somalia since 2005. With a global population size of <500 individuals, the hirola is the world’s most endangered antelope; its extinction would constitute the first loss of a mammalian genus since that of the thylacine in 1936.
hirola meaning the beige 1 in somali very majestic
heres where deyr located
very majestic animal @cinina.... the Kenyans also poach dese and send it to rich arabs sheiks in UAE who own private ranches with rare animals
http://kenyasomali.blogspot.ca/2008/03/kenya-poachers-kill-hirola-antelope.html
or maybe I am just used to seeing them all the time.
