September 2019 Newsletter

January to April 2020

Executive Director’s Message

Greetings to ANAW Friends and Partners!
We continue to stand together with the world, as we all join hands to prevent further spread of the COVID-19 globally. Cognizance of the unprecedented times we are living in, ANAW has adopted the global practice of the moment – working from home and taking measures to protect ourselves and those around us.

At ANAW, we are aware of the reported cases of animals that have been infected with the novel virus and how they have been handled and treated, for that touches the very core for which we exist – to promote humane treatment of all animals. Our veterinary doctors are alert to offer any help in case any animal is reported to be exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms within our reach. Indeed, our head veterinary officer, Dr. Dennis Bahati recently was exclusively interviewed by a local daily to give an update of not only Kenya’s capacity to combat the virus in relation to animals but also global preparedness to handle the virus if it continued to soar. Please be keen to read that interview in this quarterly report.

Despite this dampening moment occasioned by COVID-19 worldwide, and seemingly dominating the landscape, we at ANAW have not wavered even under the circumstances, in our protection and care of Africa’s animals. This edition takes you through the outcome of ongoing projects that ensure good animal care, efficient capacity building and education and peaceful human-animal co-existence.

In joining the hands with wildlife conservationists across the globe to protect the lives of fast declining species, ANAW continued in its campaign to end bush meat for consumption and commercial trade by conducting routine de-snaring and rescue operations as you will read in this brief report.

In celebration of our wildlife we care so much about, ANAW was keen to mobilize hundreds of animal enthusiasts and conservationists in commemorating this year’s World Wildlife Day.

Care and co-existence are key as we work and live closely with animals in the wild as well as in our homes, farms and bomas. Donkeys being crucial in running the homestead, should not be subjected to abuse, pain, or torture. Wanton donkey slaughter in the country has largely decimated the animals’ population. In a joint campaign led by ANAW and The Brooke East Africa, ANAW hosted a media workshop involving 25 journalists at the beginning of the year to sensitize the media in awareness creation and educating the masses on the plight of these donkeys. Read more on how the initiative bore fruit soon after, when the Cabinet Secretary of Agriculture and Livestock, Hon. Peter Munya, instituted a ban of donkey trade and slaughter in the country.

As we look out for animals, we find it important to meet the needs of human beings as well. Read through and learn about ANAW’s program to educate the youth and meet their need to ensure a good environment for learning. Studies have revealed that rural towns bordering wildlife protected areas also pose a threat to wild animals through hunting for bush meat and charcoal burning. In engaging in these activities, diseases such as rabies are easily transmitted from animals to humans. A rural community in Samburu was glad to have the threat of Rabies done away with in a vaccination campaign in Meibae Community Conservancy. See the report.

I ask you to spare a few minutes and read through what ANAW has been able to achieve in these four months of the year despite the prevailing Covid-19 situation.

We would also appreciate your feedback which will go a long way in helping us do more in safeguarding Africa’s animal welfare.

Sincerely,
Josphat Ngonyo

Four Zebras Given a Chance to Live Again in Machakos and Nakuru Counties

ANAW's Wildlife Rescue Team was on standby when a call came through from Maanzoni Ranch in Machakos County, some 67 kilometers east of Nairobi Capital, on January 27, 2020. Njeru Njiru, ANAW’s focal point, who guards the expansive ranch with the help of five other guardians, had no good news. He was inviting the team to offer remedy to a female zebra that they had spotted with an open wound on the right forelimb, arising from a suspected malicious attack either with a machete or poisoned arrow. When the team arrived at the ranch 52 minutes later, they confirmed Njeru’s call.

The zebra was lying alone under an isolated acacia shrub and seemed to be writhing in excruciating pain. With the help of Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) veterinarian Dr. Ephantus Ndambiri, the team administered proper wound management and accompanying medication to the ailing wild animal. His face beaming with joy, Njeru said to ANAW’s team, “Oh, thank God, you came, otherwise this zebra would have most likely ended up in a poacher’s plate…” They all watched the zebra shamble away to join the rest of her fold.

Undeterred, on February 13, 2020 the team swiftly responded to a more serious emergency call in Soysambu Conservancy situated in Nakuru County and Kenya’s central Rift Valley approximately 130kms northwest of Nairobi. The conservancy’s head of patrols had sighted three zebras limping and dragging wire snares. The first zebra, a male had a swollen left front foot; the second also a male had a snare embedded on its rear left foot while the third, a female had a neck snare. All the three zebras were luckily darted, treated and released back to the wild.

The four zebras treated were lucky enough to have leaped to join their fold in the respective ranches. Many of these wild animals are not as lucky; as poachers trap them using wire snares and skin them for commercial purposes or to feed their families. ANAW continues to put more emphasis on community awareness on the benefits of co-existing with these wildlife species and conserving them for posterity.

World Wildlife Day Celebrated in Style

Lines of hundreds of animal enthusiasts and conservationists, holding banners and lifting placards stretched from Uhuru Highway and snaked through University Way ending at the Kenya National Theatre in the capital - Nairobi, in a peaceful march to celebrate this year’s World Wildlife Day. The annual event normally celebrated on March 3, saw ANAW in collaboration with World Animal Protection marshal wildlife fans and conservationists in commemorating World Wildlife Day under the theme, "Sustaining All Life on Earth".

Speaking at the event, ANAW’s Chief Operations Director, Kahindi Lekalhaile reminded the enthusiastic celebrants, “We are protecting wildlife not because the world is asking us to, but because those are our values and it is the attitude we need.”.

This day accords all an opportunity to celebrate the many beautiful and varied forms of wild fauna and flora and to raise awareness of the multitude of benefits that their conservation provides to people. Moreover, this special day serves a reminder to all, of the urgent need to step up the fight against wildlife crime and human-induced reduction of species, which have wide-ranging economic, environmental, and social impacts.

Kenya Declares Slaughter and Trade of Donkeys Illegal

Ululations of joy, especially by the donkey reliant communities rent the air across the country, on February 24, 2020 as Kenya’s Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Hon. Peter Munya announced that the government was banning donkey trade and subsequently giving the proprietors of the existing four donkey abattoirs (Goldox Kenya Ltd, in Baringo County, Star Brilliant, in Nakuru County, Zilzha Ltd, in Turkana County and Fuhai Trading Company in Machakos County) a month’s time to wind up donkey business in the country.

In December 22, 2019, a special report dubbed, #HideousBurden aired on NTV Kenya, a leading national and regional broadcaster. ANAW and Brooke East Africa had partnered with the giant media house, to investigate the nature, frequency and the extent of illegal cross-border movement and trade of donkeys across the Kenya-Tanzania border and its consequential economic effects on communities that rely on the animal for their livelihoods.

When it aired, a plethora of feedback from Kenyans and Tanzanians who watched, in utter shock understood how cartels and unscrupulous businessmen were selfishly benefiting from the illegal trade and the suffering meted on communities through theft of their donkeys, to supply the aforementioned four slaughterhouses. It was after this special report and other media reports from ANAW partners that persuaded the Kenyan government to make the landmark pronouncement. The Cabinet Secretary has since published the ban in Kenya Gazette Notice to make it a government directive.

Waatha Youth Set to Benefit from ACEF Program

While wildlife loss is estimated at 60% globally, 59% in Africa and 68% in Kenya, no poaching takes place anywhere without the knowledge of someone in the communities living in or neighboring wildlife areas. Furthermore, these communities living near protected areas such as the Waatha of Tsavo National Park, rely on wildlife products such as bush meat for their livelihood. What if these communities were empowered in education and ultimately get employment for alternative income? ANAW opines that this strategy would see decreased poaching and increase for wildlife care.

It is this spirit that inspired ANAW, in February to start putting together a database of primary and high school leavers as well as youth dropouts from the Waatha community in Taita Taveta County, for them to benefit from the recently launched, ‘Africa Conservation Education Fund’ (ACEF) program. The database is intended to help the program come up with different projects that are suitable for each cadre.

Moreover, the ACEF program seeks to pay for direct and indirect learning costs for children from poor families living within the Tsavo ecosystem in the county. It also seeks to provide desks, chairs, school uniform and books for 80 primary school pupils and transport for 25 younger school age children from the marginalized community. Furthermore, this noble initiative will also support vocational training for 447 unemployed youth, who apart from hunting for bush-meat and charcoal burning, have limited options for earning a means of livelihood.

ANAW is making a passionate call on partners and friends to join the movement and make the ACEF program a reality thus improving the lives of the disadvantaged Taita Taveta, Kwale and Kilifi counties youth.

912 Animals Vaccinated as 27 Others Sterilized in Samburu County

On January 17-19, 2020, ANAW in collaboration with Action for Cheetahs in Kenya, Ewaso Lions, Samburu County Government, TNR Trust and Kenya Veterinary Association (KVA) held a successful anti-rabies vaccination and sterilization campaign in Meibae Community Conservancy, Samburu County. A team of 15 veterinarians and 12 assistants set out on a three-day vaccination drive in Meibae Community Conservancy to inoculate dogs and cats. A total of 912 animals (759 dogs, 152 cats, 1 donkey) were vaccinated and 27 dogs (9 spay, 18 neuters) sterilized.

The vaccination campaign was anchored on the Strategic Plan for the Elimination of Human Rabies in Kenya 2014 – 2030. This strategy highlights Kenya’s plan and focus for the elimination of human dog-mediated rabies, an invariably fatal disease in humans, livestock, and other mammals by 2030. The viral condition kills an estimated 2,000 people in Kenya every year, and around 60,000 people annually worldwide; that is nearly one death, every nine minutes. Most affected are countries in Africa and Asia. Depressingly, almost half of the victims are children under the age of 15.

25 Journalists from Kenya and Tanzania Sensitized on the Plight of Donkeys

ANAW in partnership with the County Government of Kajiado, Brooke East Africa and Arusha Society for the Protection of Animals (ASPA) hosted a two-day media workshop at the Gray’s Oak Hotel in Kitengela, Kajiado County on January 24, 2020. The workshop which attracted 25 journalists from Kenya and Tanzania were drawn from different media facets - electronic, print and web.

The main objective of the media workshop was to sensitize the media on the nature, and impacts of the cross-border movement and illegal trade of donkeys along the Kenya-Tanzania border, hence, seek for their partnership in informing the public on the trade’s negative ramifications on communities that depend on the animal for their livelihood sustenance. One of the key outcomes of the workshop was to have an invigorated reporting of the plight of donkeys in the media. Here are some of the outcomes of the successful media workshop.

1. ANAW’s Kahindi Lekalhaile BBC Interview on the closure of donkey trade and abattoirs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LB6pjqheG0 .
2. KBC TV Interview with Josiah Ojwang on Donkey Issue - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_-ere-MD7A&t=4s .
3. Metropol TV’s interview with Kahindi Lekalhaile on: Are Donkeys Kenya’s Next Endangered Species? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jme3eIVgzd8 .
4. The Star Newspaper article on Donkey Issue - https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2020-01-24-donkeys-will-be-extinct-in-kenya-by-2023-anaw .
5. The Standard Newspaper on Donkey Issue - https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001358174/steep-fall-in-donkey-numbers-in-10-years .
6. ANAW mentioned by Daily Nation Newspaper – ‘Government bans slaughter of donkeys to end theft’ https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Munya-bans-slaughter-of-donkeys/1056-5470062-5qmour/index.html .
7. ANAW mentioned by The Standard Newspaper – ‘Donkey ban will cost us billions, traders say’ - https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001361867/donkey-ban-will-cost-us-billions-traders-say .
8. ANAW mentioned by BBC - Serikali ya Kenya imepiga marufuku uchinjwaji wa punda, je ni kwanini? https://www.bbc.com/swahili/habari-51624553 .

Kasighau Ranch Wildlife, Not Thirsty!

ANAW’s Wildlife Guardians in Kasighau continued to patrol the expansive ranch in their efforts to ensure that the welfare of the wildlife was safeguarded. In their more than 100 patrols within the first quarter of the year 2020, they have established that the wildlife species roaming the ranch have had enough water to drink as all the dams were almost always full of water; thanks to the continued rainfall that had been pounding the region since October last year. There was, however, an incident of bushmeat poaching in February. This was noted by the guardians who sighted blood marks within the precincts of the ranch and filed a report with Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) for further investigation.

Is the World Unprepared for Coronavirus in Animals?

As the world is currently engaging in concerted efforts to combat Covid-19 which allegedly originated in Wuhan – China in early December 2019 and blistered its way around the globe. Over five million people have tested positive and over 350,000 lives lost globally due to the virus.

Cases of animals both domestic and wild infected with the novel virus have been reported and although, infectious disease experts and multiple international and domestic human and animal health organizations agree there is no evidence at this point to indicate that pets spread COVID-19 to other animals, including people, that assessment might require urgent review as human transmission of the virus continue to soar.
By February 2020, there was evidence that animals were being infected with SARS-CoV-2. Three dogs (North Carolina, Hong Kong [2]), five cats (Belgium, Hong Kong, New York [2], Spain), five tigers (New York City), and three lions (New York City) have reportedly been infected with SARS-CoV-2, as of May 8, 2020.

According ANAW’s Programs Manager in-charge of Animal Care, Dr. Dennis Bahati who gave an exclusive interview to Kenya’s People Daily Newspaper recently, hinted that with the vast spread of the virus in humans, the potential for spread in both domestic animals and wildlife was impending. “The already reported cases give an indication of how rapid the virus can transmit among domestic and wildlife population in captivity and in the wild if the virus were to enter their population. Imminent interactions among humans, livestock and wildlife will likely result in the transmission of the virus to wildlife if measures are not put in place.” He said.

On the capacity to combat the virus if more animals were affected globally, Dr. Bahati opined, “Considering this is a novel infection whose epidemiology, pathogenesis, pathology and mode of treatment (since no known human vaccine has been developed to build natural immunity and hence counter the infection) are still a mystery, the situation may prove catastrophic if a vast population of animals, both domestic and wildlife gets infected.”.

On handling of pets at home and animals in zoos during this period, it is important for the owners to wash their hands before and after handling them and their food, as well as practising good animal and pet hygiene.

Moreover, pet owners should wear protective facial masks when in contact with their pets and help reduce interaction with other pets that may be carriers of the virus. They should also consult their veterinarian if their pets show symptoms consistent with Covid -19.

“However, social distancing between pets and owners may prove detrimental to pets, resulting in lack of stimulation and subsequent stereotypic behaviour.” Dr. Bahati cautioned.

ANAW Assesses the Welfare of Reptiles Within National Museums of Kenya

On 28th April this year, and amid the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic, ANAW’s Executive Director, Josphat Ngonyo; Senior Communications Officer, Sebastian Mwanza and the Program’s Manager (Animal Care), Dr. Dennis Bahati made a courtesy visit to the National Museums of Kenya’s (NMK) Snake Park to assess a possible collaboration in addressing some of the animal welfare issues highlighted in the past within the facility. The team was taken on a tour of the reptiles’ park by the facility’s curator, Albert Otieno and noted that the animals under their captive environment were doing well save for two snakes’ mouth infections that were to be attended to.

Through ANAW’s in-depth discussions with NMK during the guided tour, it was also noted that there was a need of enhancing reptile enrichment of their cages or rooms, to evade stereotypic and abnormal behavior. This would maximize psychological welfare and ensure that their well-being is upheld.

Importantly, ANAW identified a gap within the facility; lack of a resident veterinary doctor who would handle full time animal care and welfare of the reptiles caged and agreed to continue engaging with NMK to jointly find a long lasting solution – procure a resident veterinary doctor.

In his vote of thanks, Mr. Otieno said, “Thank you so much ANAW for paying us a visit to find out how we are doing. And yes, we all agree on the importance of having a resident veterinary doctor in this facility who would be on standby to attend to the reptiles whenever they need help…” He further went on to make an appeal, “Lack of sufficient resources has been our greatest impediment to procuring an in-house veterinary doctor. We would appreciate if you would help us get one for the sake of the animals’ welfare.” .

May to June 2020

Executive Director’s Message

Dear Partner,
It is my sincere hope that you and your families are doing fine and keeping safe amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
It is always a pleasure for me to share with you our periodical work achievements geared at promoting humane treatment of all animals.
As you might be aware, we continue to experience diverse animal welfare challenges and ANAW and her partners have been at the frontline in addressing and mitigating these challenges through our various programs..
In the last two months, we have endeavoured to address; the rising demand for bushmeat occasioned by the effects of Covid-19 pandemic, even as communities try to obtain cheap meat and how we are tackling the challenge; the egg-laying season for turtles and how our team is helping create awareness on the need to conserve these precious species; the rescue of a lonely cat in a petrol station that was almost exterminated, but given another chance to live; how we have worked with partners to gain knowledge on disaster preparedness especially in saving animals in times of natural calamities; the new ANAW Network Program which aims at providing a platform for all partners interested in advocating for and ensuring the best care and protection for all animals.
Finally, we let you into our staffroom, to see #FacesOfANAW. In this section, we will be briefly profiling one of our staff members to give you an opportunity to experience how it is to work at ANAW and our shared values in protecting our animals!
Please read on and, as usual, give us your comments and feedback.
Thank you for your partnership in helping us alleviate the suffering of Africa’s animals.
Sincerely,
Josphat Ngonyo.

Kasighau ANAW-Supported Wildlife Guardians Help in the Arrest of a Bushmeat Hunter

The months of May and June have been extremely busy for ANAW Wildlife Scouts as they conducted 63-day and 2-night patrols within the 52,000-acre Kasighau Ranch. With help from local informants, the wildlife guardians received intelligence reports of more than six incidences relating to bushmeat hunting within the ranch, for the last two months.
Significantly, on June 20, through the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) rangers, the wildlife guardians helped in the arrested of one notorious bushmeat hunter in possession of wet carcasses of three dik-dik antelopes inside the ranch. The hunter was allegedly the main supplier of eland, warthog, giraffe, and buffalo meat to several bushmeat rackets in seven villages located around the ranch.
It is prudent to note that the expansive community property is a critical seasonal wildlife dispersal area between three contiguous national parks, namely: Kenya’s Tsavo East, Tsavo West and Tanzania’s Mkomazi.
Earlier on in the month of May, a middle-aged man hunting in the ranch, and being in possession of three (3) kilograms of bushmeat believed to be of a Lesser Kudu was arrested by KWS rangers through the help of the guardians.
It is noted with concern that hunting for wildlife bushmeat has escalated since the onset of Covid-19. The rackets have intensified their cruel methods of animal hunting that inflict untold suffering to many animal victims, to meet the high demand of cheap meat in form of illegal bushmeat. The ranch management recently consolidated the scouts’ workforce (for which ANAW-supported guardians are part of) for effective response to the growing threat exacerbated by both poverty and the prevailing pandemic.
One of the challenges encountered in apprehending and prosecuting bushmeat hunters lies in the irony that the animal anti-cruelty law in Kenya is not usually applied on bushmeat hunting court cases. The penalties are almost always severe, but the evidence is impossible to present as proof in a court of law.
In this regard and going forward, ANAW is seeking to increase the advocacy for use of Kenya’s CAP 360 on illegal wildlife hunting cases, especially where the suspect confesses to guilt of hunting an animal victim.

A Cat Unwanted at the Petrol Station; Embraced at the KSPCA Facility

On June 11, 2020, the ANAW rescue team got information of a male sub adult abandoned cat that had been residing in a Total Petrol Station along Ngong Road, a few kilometers outside Nairobi’s capital, that was in a verge of being killed since the management did not want the stray cat in their premises, and had threatened to exterminate it.
ANAW Team rushed to the facility and were able to rescue the cat from the management before the knife fell on it, and successfully captured and delivered the cat to Kenya Society for the Protection and Care of Animals (KSPCA) for due care and a temporary home before rehoming.
The rescue team had a session with the Total Petrol Station management team before taking away the cat and was able to sensitize them on how and where to report such cases in future.

Protecting Animals During Disasters

Participating in a webinar session hosted by its partner World Animal Protection (WAP) on protecting Animals during disasters, the session facilitated by Dr Judy Kimaru, Animals in Disasters Campaign Manager at WAP, noted that Africa was increasingly getting exposed to various natural calamities, particularly those arising from hydrometeorological hazards such as floods, drought, and cyclones. When they occur, saving people’s lives was the priority, but protecting animals always came a distant second.
It was, therefore, because of this unfortunate reality that WAP had launched a free online course dubbed PrepVet (Veterinary Preparedness) on animal disaster management to equip animal care givers and veterinarians with knowledge and skills on what to do before, during and after a disaster.
The course has 13 different modules that one must go through before earning a certificate. The modules include animal welfare, animal evacuation process, safety in emergencies, search and rescue of animals among other modules.
One of ANAWs veterinary doctors, Dr Janerose Mutura, took part in the course and was awarded a certificate upon completion. The knowledge and skills acquired during the study would be key to helping save animals in the eventuality of any future disaster.

Coastal Residents Sensitized on Turtles Conservation as Egg-Laying Season Gains Momentum

ANAW’s Turtle Rescue Program team in Kenya’s Diani Beach on the shores of Indian Ocean have been relatively busy for the last two months as turtles’ egg-laying season gained momentum. During the two-month period, the team recorded a total of 45 new nests. 18 of the nests were original while the other 27 were relocated, hence recording a total of 3,314 hatchlings.
Unfortunately, one turtle’s carcass was found dead on the shores of the ocean in Chale region having been swept off to the shore by the currents. The cause of death was not immediately established but the team is still investigating what might have happened to avert a similar incident in future.
One of the ANAW-supported turtle rescuers, Saidi Hamisi Mwaito in the company of Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) agents, took some time in his routine patrols to create awareness among the coastal residents on the importance of conserving turtles and not harming them, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic season.

Have You Joined ANAW Network Membership Program?

ANAW is excited to announce rolling out of a network membership program aimed at providing a platform for all friends and partners interested in advocating for and ensuring the best care and protection for all animals. The program’s membership consists of individuals, institutions, corporate companies, civil societies and other stakeholders across the African continent.
Some of the core functions of the Network Membership Program would be to: engage in initiatives for the development and/or implementation of animal welfare standards; provide support in implementation of relevant projects and activities in collaboration with relevant partners; play an advocacy role on matters relevant to animal welfare including increased engagement with communities, government, partners, public and private sector among other functions.
Similarly, some of the benefits of becoming an Network Member would be: possibility of creating collaborations for policy change; access to publications e.g. newsletters, magazines, videos; platform for sharing information and networking; participation opportunities in activities campaigns, workshops and conferences; subsidized rates on merchandise; free subscription of newsletters, annual reports and online consultation and opportunities for individual, professional or academic volunteer-ships among other benefits.
For you to become a member, you will be required to fill out the online application form on our website and send it back alongside a membership subscription confirmation receipt or pledge for subscription.
We are looking forward to you joining the Network and to being part of the change agent impacting animal welfare, wildlife, and environmental conservation.
For more details about the program, kindly click on this link or write to us on: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or give us a call on +254 798 452 625.

Faces of ANAW

Staff featured: Edith Pendo Ogada

1. What is your current position?
Development Manager and the Personal Assistant to the Executive Director.
2. What does your work entail?
I facilitate teams (local and international) visiting the ANAW programs; arrange for their transport and accommodation needs. Coordinate logistics for major projects and events e.g. the annual Africa Animal Welfare Conference. I oversee the organization’s network membership program to maintain local and international relations with network members across the world geared towards synergy creation in promoting animal welfare.
As the PA to the Executive Director (ED), I manage the day-to-day administrative operations of the office. I keep the ED’s official diary for planning and scheduling of meetings/appointments.
3. What do you love about working at ANAW?
Having worked at ANAW for more than 10 years, I can confidently say that the organization’s working environment is great and very accommodating. When you work for ANAW, you find growth. There were certain skills that I did not know I had, but the conducive environment at ANAW enabled me to identify, nurture and grow them immensely for both organizational and personal development.
4. Do you personally believe in the cause of animal welfare?
Yes, I greatly do. I believe in being the voice and the advocate for the voiceless. Seeing that animals are humanely treated is something that is very dear to my heart. Even my Christian religion embraces animal welfare – ‘The righteous care for the needs of their animals’ (Proverbs 12:10).
5. Has the value system of treating all animals humanely influenced you?
Yes, it has. I feel bad when I see someone hitting a donkey that is already carrying a heavy load, or when I see someone carrying a chicken with the head facing down. I am more aware than I was before joining ANAW, that animals are sentient beings - have the same feelings as I do, and I treat them with more care and encourage those around me to do the same.
6. What do you love doing during your free time?
I love to sing and listen to music. I love Christian music.
7. Describe your best moment in the time you have been at ANAW.
My best moment so far, has been seeing ANAW and her partners successfully carry the annual Africa Animal Welfare Conference beyond Kenyan borders.

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