People · Aberdares
Farms along the Aberdare fence line
Forest-edge households lived with crop raids and livestock losses. Catherine Kinyanjui recalled losing nine cows and 30 goats in one night before the fence.
The challenge
Forest-edge households lived with crop raids and livestock losses. Catherine Kinyanjui recalled losing nine cows and 30 goats in one night before the fence.
What Rhino Ark is doing
Rhino Ark’s founding programme assisted Kenya Wildlife Service to build and maintain an electric conservation fence around the Aberdare Conservation Area — 410 km of the published national fence total.
People
Fence-line farmers describe safer harvests and children’s ability to study at night. Published community voices from the Aberdares sit beside the 90,000 households figure.
“When I was a little girl, before the fence was built, we once lost 9 cows and 30 goats to wildlife in one night. There was such bitterness and desperation in those days. We would spend our nights concentrating on wildlife problems instead of studying. The fence has solved so many problems for us.”
Evidence
Fence assessments and impact reports for the Aberdares are in the Knowledge Hub. The 90,000 households figure is Rhino Ark’s published achievement.
Take action
Support fence attendants and maintenance that keep this landscape standing.
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