GZT combats the zebras’ main threats of habitat degradation, lack of dry season water access, and hunting by nomadic pastoralists. With people and communities at the heart of their work, GZT employs a broad network of local Scouts, Ambassadors and Warriors to monitor the zebra and engage local communities.

Our project partner Grevy’s Zebra Trust (GZT) are committed to conserve and grow the Grevy’s zebra population in Kenya. Grevy’s zebra are the most threatened of the three zebra species, with almost all the surviving population now found in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia.

GZT combats the zebras’ main threats of habitat degradation, lack of dry season water access, and hunting by nomadic pastoralists. With people and communities at the heart of their work, GZT employs a broad network of local Scouts, Ambassadors and Warriors to monitor the zebra and engage local communities. These teams provide important data on zebra distribution and behaviour, enabling them to identify and implement interventions such as water source management and supplemental feeding.

“Before the project started, Grevy’s zebra were afraid of livestock and people but now they are not afraid. Even the herders accept them to pass next to them. Monitoring of Grevy’s zebra was the responsibility of the scouts, but now it has become the responsibility of the whole community and they report sightings to the scouts.” – Chereb Lechooriong, Grevy’s Zebra Scout

The implementation of Kenya’s Recovery & Action Plan for Grevy’s Zebra (Equus grevyi) in Kenya (2017-2026) is being undertaken by the Grevy’s Zebra Technical Committee with coordination led by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). The latest revision of this document took place in 2017, taking into account the conservation challenges, successes and priorities emerging from the past four years, and focusing on actions for 2017-2026. Tracking of progress will be done biannually at the Grevy’s Zebra Technical Committee meetings and strategic reviews undertaken every three years to ensure that the status of threats is updated and that these threats are being effectively addressed.

The latest iteration of the guide can be accessed HERE