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Meru National Park, the Glossary

Table of Contents

  1. 21 relations: African bush elephant, African leopard, Born Free, Eastern black rhinoceros, Eastern Province (Kenya), Elsa the lioness, French Development Agency, George Adamson, Grévy's zebra, Hippopotamus, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Joy Adamson, Kenya Wildlife Service, Meru, Kenya, Mount Kenya, Nairobi, National park, Panthera leo melanochaita, Southeast African cheetah, Southern white rhinoceros, Swamp.

  2. 1966 establishments in Kenya
  3. Meru County
  4. National parks of Kenya
  5. Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
  6. Tana River (Kenya)

African bush elephant

The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), also known as the African savanna elephant, is one of two extant African elephant species and one of three extant elephant species.

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African leopard

The African leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) is the nominate subspecies of the leopard, native to many countries in Africa.

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Born Free

Born Free is a 1966 British drama film starring the real-life couple Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Joy and George Adamson, another real-life couple, who raised Elsa the Lioness, an orphaned lion cub, to adulthood and released her into the wilderness of Kenya.

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Eastern black rhinoceros

The eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli), also known as the East African black rhinoceros, is a subspecies of the black rhinoceros.

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Eastern Province (Kenya)

The Eastern Province (Mashariki) of Kenya was one of 8 Provinces of Kenya.

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Elsa the lioness

Elsa the lioness (28 January 195624 January 1961) was a female lion raised along with her sisters "Big One" and "Lustica" by game warden George Adamson and his wife Joy Adamson after they were orphaned at only a few days old.

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French Development Agency

The French Development Agency (Agence française de développement, AFD) is a public financial institution that implements the policy defined by the French Government.

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George Adamson

George Alexander Graham Adamson MBE (3 February 1906 – 20 August 1989), also known as the Baba ya Simba ("Father of Lions" in Swahili), was a British wildlife conservationist and author based in Kenya.

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Grévy's zebra

Grévy's zebra (Equus grevyi), also known as the imperial zebra, is the largest living wild equid and the most threatened of the three species of zebra, the other two being the plains zebra and the mountain zebra.

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Hippopotamus

The hippopotamus (hippopotamuses or hippopotami; Hippopotamus amphibius), also shortened to hippo (hippos), further qualified as the common hippopotamus, Nile hippopotamus, or river hippopotamus, is a large semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa.

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International Fund for Animal Welfare

The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is one of the largest animal welfare and conservation charities in the world.

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Joy Adamson

Friederike Victoria "Joy" Adamson (Gessner; 20 January 1910 – 3 January 1980) was a naturalist, artist and author.

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Kenya Wildlife Service

Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) is a state corporation under the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife established by an act of Parliament; Wildlife Conservation and Management Act CAP 376, of 1989, now repealed and replaced by the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, 2013.

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Meru, Kenya

Meru is a town in eastern Kenya. Meru National Park and Meru, Kenya are Meru County.

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Mount Kenya

Mount Kenya (Meru: Kĩrĩmaara, Kikuyu: Kĩrĩnyaga, Kamba: Ki Nyaa, Embu: Kirinyaa) is an extinct volcano in Kenya and the second-highest peak in Africa, after Kilimanjaro.

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Nairobi

Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya.

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National park

A national park is a nature park designated for conservation purposes because of unparalleled national natural, historic, or cultural significance.

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Panthera leo melanochaita

Panthera leo melanochaita is a lion subspecies in Southern and East Africa.

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Southeast African cheetah

The Southeast African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus) is the nominate cheetah subspecies native to East and Southern Africa.

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Southern white rhinoceros

The southern white rhinoceros or southern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum simum) is one of the two subspecies of the white rhinoceros (the other being the much rarer northern white rhinoceros).

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Swamp

A swamp is a forested wetland.

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See also

1966 establishments in Kenya

Meru County

National parks of Kenya

Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets

Tana River (Kenya)

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meru_National_Park