Challenges facing the conservation and management of grevy’s zebra (Equus grevyi) in Kenya.

A case study of Northern Kenya.

By
Simon Shinka Ololmara
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A research proposal submitted to the department of education faculty of education and social sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of a diploma in hospitality and tourism management of Kenya Methodist University.

November, 2012
Declaration
This is my original work and has not been submitted for a diploma or any other award in any other university.

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Simon Shinka Ololmara Date
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This proposal has been submitted with my approval as the course lecturer.

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Dedication
I dedicate my work to the almighty God and to the people and communities of the world doing all they can to protect all species.

Table of contents

Introduction

Numbers and distribution
1.1 Numbers and Distribution
Since early records of their distribution, Grevy’s zebra (Equus grevyi) have undergone one of the most substantial reductions of range of any African mammal (Figure , Kingdon, 1997).
Historically, Grevy’s zebra were found more widely across the Horn of Africa including
Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya with a reported sighting in Sudan. Today they persist only in Kenya and Ethiopia.
Following the National Grevy’s Zebra Conservation Workshop in April 2007, a map was produced by stakeholders showing a more detailed update of the distribution of Grevy’s zebra across northern Kenya (Annex I).
There have also been significant declines in the numbers of Grevy’s zebra (Figure 2, Nelson, 200 ; Rowen & Ginsberg, 992; Williams, 2002). Towards the end of the 1970s, the global