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	<title>Comments on: The Chyulu hills</title>
	<link>http://kilimanjarolion.wildlifedirect.org/2008/05/03/the-chyulu-hills/</link>
	<description>life with cats</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Seamus</title>
		<link>http://kilimanjarolion.wildlifedirect.org/2008/05/03/the-chyulu-hills/#comment-66</link>
		<dc:creator>Seamus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 22:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Theresa,

I have found cheetahs and lions using the hills, but they don't seem to spend a great proportion of their time up there. Perhaps because the prey is mainly down on the plains.

The "cats and dogs" bill (as it has come to be known) is probably worth supporting.

You're correct. Populations of lions have dropped drastically in the last two decades. I use this fact to motivate the urgency of my work. As for my vision (isn't that a bit of a grand term?): I think one of the most critical tasks is simply to try to understand how much of our wildlife we have left. Then its worth carefully testing conservation interventions, while documenting their success or otherwise. These may sound like simple ambitions, but I think they are worthwhile. Thus... I do extensive monitoring of the lion population here. Leela, Antony and Amy are running the Lion Guardians program.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Theresa,</p>
<p>I have found cheetahs and lions using the hills, but they don&#8217;t seem to spend a great proportion of their time up there. Perhaps because the prey is mainly down on the plains.</p>
<p>The &#8220;cats and dogs&#8221; bill (as it has come to be known) is probably worth supporting.</p>
<p>You&#8217;re correct. Populations of lions have dropped drastically in the last two decades. I use this fact to motivate the urgency of my work. As for my vision (isn&#8217;t that a bit of a grand term?): I think one of the most critical tasks is simply to try to understand how much of our wildlife we have left. Then its worth carefully testing conservation interventions, while documenting their success or otherwise. These may sound like simple ambitions, but I think they are worthwhile. Thus&#8230; I do extensive monitoring of the lion population here. Leela, Antony and Amy are running the Lion Guardians program.</p>
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		<title>By: Paula</title>
		<link>http://kilimanjarolion.wildlifedirect.org/2008/05/03/the-chyulu-hills/#comment-65</link>
		<dc:creator>Paula</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 16:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Seamus, thats hilarous! I love the Chylus - they have got to be the most beautiful symmettrical mountains in Kenya, ... from a distance they look like something out of a fairy tale.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Seamus, thats hilarous! I love the Chylus - they have got to be the most beautiful symmettrical mountains in Kenya, &#8230; from a distance they look like something out of a fairy tale.</p>
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		<title>By: bary</title>
		<link>http://kilimanjarolion.wildlifedirect.org/2008/05/03/the-chyulu-hills/#comment-64</link>
		<dc:creator>bary</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 13:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great picture.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great picture.</p>
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		<title>By: Lisa, California</title>
		<link>http://kilimanjarolion.wildlifedirect.org/2008/05/03/the-chyulu-hills/#comment-63</link>
		<dc:creator>Lisa, California</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 03:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LOL!  William, very funny!  LOL!  What a hoot!  Vey beautiful picture.  Thank you for sharing it.  Lisa</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LOL!  William, very funny!  LOL!  What a hoot!  Vey beautiful picture.  Thank you for sharing it.  Lisa</p>
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		<title>By: Lisa, Seattle</title>
		<link>http://kilimanjarolion.wildlifedirect.org/2008/05/03/the-chyulu-hills/#comment-62</link>
		<dc:creator>Lisa, Seattle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 23:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You'd think that someone who lives underneath a dormant volcano would have some idea what you're talking about seamus...  I don't have a clue!  They are really pretty to look at though. =) Great photo.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;d think that someone who lives underneath a dormant volcano would have some idea what you&#8217;re talking about seamus&#8230;  I don&#8217;t have a clue!  They are really pretty to look at though. =) Great photo.</p>
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		<title>By: Theresa Siskind St Petersburg FL</title>
		<link>http://kilimanjarolion.wildlifedirect.org/2008/05/03/the-chyulu-hills/#comment-61</link>
		<dc:creator>Theresa Siskind St Petersburg FL</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 21:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Engineers are quite an interesting, odd group as well. Spectacular pictures. Do cheetahs or lions ever utilize these hills as a lookout? Speaking of lions, Seamus, I read their numbers have decreased by 75% over the last 20 years! Please, very soon, let us know what your vision is for them, so we can all help. BTW, HR 1464, is up for a voice vote in Congress. Please, all American citizens, call the capital switchboard Monday morning 1-202-224-3121 and tell your representative to support the Great Cats and Rare Canids Bill, which authorize the US Fish and Wildlife Service to fund anti poaching projects. The animals included in this legislation are cheetahs, lions, leopards, wild dogs, Ethiopian wolves, etc. Total of 26 species. Oddly enough. tigers are not included! But if passed, it will certainly help with the conservation of all these amazing species.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Engineers are quite an interesting, odd group as well. Spectacular pictures. Do cheetahs or lions ever utilize these hills as a lookout? Speaking of lions, Seamus, I read their numbers have decreased by 75% over the last 20 years! Please, very soon, let us know what your vision is for them, so we can all help. BTW, HR 1464, is up for a voice vote in Congress. Please, all American citizens, call the capital switchboard Monday morning 1-202-224-3121 and tell your representative to support the Great Cats and Rare Canids Bill, which authorize the US Fish and Wildlife Service to fund anti poaching projects. The animals included in this legislation are cheetahs, lions, leopards, wild dogs, Ethiopian wolves, etc. Total of 26 species. Oddly enough. tigers are not included! But if passed, it will certainly help with the conservation of all these amazing species.</p>
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		<title>By: Wim</title>
		<link>http://kilimanjarolion.wildlifedirect.org/2008/05/03/the-chyulu-hills/#comment-60</link>
		<dc:creator>Wim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 21:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>...and I thought I was the only one who suffered vertical smearing of the resolution matrix. Small world.
But a very beautiful one...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;and I thought I was the only one who suffered vertical smearing of the resolution matrix. Small world.<br />
But a very beautiful one&#8230;</p>
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