Hunter's Antelope

Abstract

In 1976 aerial counts showed that Hunter's antelopes in Kenya numbered a surprising 12,500 (the previous estimate was 1500), with more than 1500 in neighbouring Somalia. In Kenya the antelopes and the pastoralist tribes have achieved an equilibrium that permits a healthy antelope population, but this will be upset, to the detriment of the antelopes, when government plans for livestock improvement are put into effect. The author, who began his field study on Hunter's antelope in 1975, hopes that his work will provide the necessary information for conserving them despite the developments.