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<p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>Mission Statement of Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (LWC)</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy works as a catalyst for the conservation of wildlife and its habitat. It does this through the protection and management of species, the initiation and support of community conservation and development programmes, and the education of neighbouring areas in the value of wildlife.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Where is LWC located?</strong></p>

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<h5 style="text-align: left;"><em>Map courtesy of <a href="http://www.lewa.org">Lewa Wildlife Conservancy</a></em><strong></strong></h5>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>History</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Lewa Wildlife Conservancy was once a cattle ranch. It  now encompasses over 62,000 acres (250 sq. km.). The Craig/Douglas family first came to Lewa in 1922 and managed it as a cattle ranch for over 50 years. Unlike other ranchers in the area, they always valued the wildlife that shared the land and developed wildlife tourism as an additional activity. It was clear by the 1980's that the black rhino was unlikely<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1012" title="img_6296a" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/img_6296a-300x200.jpg" alt="img_6296a" width="240" height="160" /> to survive in northern Kenya. Poaching had reduced the black rhino's numbers from an estimated 20,000 animals in the mid-1970's to a few hundred by 1986. In                      1983 the Craigs and Anna Merz  - who funded the program - decided to establish                      the fenced and guarded Ngare Sergoi Rhino Sanctuary at the                      western end of Lewa. <img class="size-medium wp-image-1073 alignleft" title="img_4434a" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/img_4434a-250x300.jpg" alt="img_4434a" width="175" height="210" />White rhinos were then added to the program after the black rhinos had settled down and established themselves. After ten years, it was clear that the rhinos                      needed more space, and the sanctuary was expanded to cover                      the rest of the ranch, and the adjoining <span class="kawatextlinks">Ngare                      Ndare Forest Reserve</span>.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Wildlife on Lewa</strong><img class="size-medium wp-image-1075 alignright" title="img_3593a" src="http://aecetia.net/gws/aazk/wp-content/uploads/img_3593a-272x300.jpg" alt="img_3593a" width="174" height="192" /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">There is an abundance of wildlife on LWC. Lewa is home to both black and white rhinos and is first and foremost a rhino sanctuary. It is also home to roughly 20% of the world's population of the endangered Grevy's zebra. It is also home to over 70 different species of mammals and over 350 different species of birds. Among the types of mammals you will find on Lewa include: African lions, cheetahs, hyenas, leopards, elephants, wild dogs, a large variety of hoofed animals including the rare aquatic antelope, the sitatunga.</p>
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