Seems my stay of Nairobi is getting longer. It's been raining since I came here. I don't feel to take off now.
By reason of that, I visited the place where orphans of animals were protected in Nairobi.

今の時期東アフリカは乾季が終わった後の小雨季、ナイロビに着いてからずーっと雨。走りたいが走る気にならない。そんな理由でナイロビ滞在が長くなりつつある。今日は宿からそんない遠くない場所にある動物の子供を保護している施設に行ってみた。


Orphans taken care of in this project are rescued from all over Kenya because of some reasons; lost their family by poachers, injury by traps etc..
It opens only one hour; 11:00 to 12:00. When we got there, small elephants had been fed with milks.

ここにいる動物達は密猟やその他の理由で親を失った動物の子供。観光客用の施設というよりはちゃんとした保護施設で、オープンも11時～12時のみ。中に入ると既にゾウの子供がミルクを与えられていた。




They told us that still many poaching has been occurred.
There were some countries that have been importing ivory.
The biggest market is in China, and the other is included Japan. I was very surprised and also shamed.

やっぱり動物の子供は可愛い。未だに沢山のゾウが象牙の為に殺されているそうだ。象牙の最大輸出先はやはり中国、驚いた事に日本も輸入元らしい。本当恥ずかしい限りだ。