Wildlife Research and Training Institute has announced that the government has allocated 250 million shillings for undertaking the 2024 wildlife census, which will end in June 2025.
According to the Institute’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Patrick Omondi, the census will seek accurate data for the population of all the country's aquatic and land-based wildlife species.
“We have begun preparations for conducting the 2024 wildlife census which will be the second national scale census since 2021,” Omondi said.
Speaking during the inception meeting for the 2024 wildlife census on Friday, Omondi noted that the counting exercise will deploy aircraft, boats, cameras, and geographic information systems to target wildlife species in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.
Further, he said the census will ensure continuous monitoring of wildlife resources to obtain data on the status of wildlife, including trends, threats, challenges, and opportunities.
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He said that the planned census is particularly important following the devastating drought in 2022, which heavily impacted wildlife resources, including endangered species such as elephants and grevy’s zebra.
