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Got Water?
Peter Byrne - IWCS Executive Director and International Man of Waterholes
A grateful local resident
Waterhole for the White Grass Plains Wildlife Reserve, Nepal
Thanks to AHF and the International Wildlife Conservation Society, the animals of the White Grass Plains Wildlife Reserve in far west Nepal do now. Peter Byrne, with the help of his daughter, a diesel backhoe, two dump trucks, and some local laborers, just completed a 300 ft by 100 ft waterhole in one of the driest areas where very few animals have been able to survive.
Since the waterhole is sourced by ground water, it will last during the dry season and will be an excellent source of drinking water for the locals: elephants, rhinoceroses, tigers, leopards, deer, wild boars, pythons, and smaller animals such as porcupines, otters, hares, and tortoises – but hopefully not all at the same time. Within days of the completion, a group of nilghai (blue bull antelope) was already seen quenching their thirst at the welcomed oasis.
The waterhole has been named RARA POKRI. In Nepalese the word “rara” means serene and “pokri” means a small lake.
Would you like to help with AHF’s other wildlife conservation projects? Click here.
Thanks to AHF and the International Wildlife Conservation Society, the animals of the White Grass Plains Wildlife Reserve in far west Nepal do now. Peter Byrne, with the help of his daughter, a diesel backhoe, two dump trucks, and some local laborers, just completed a 300 ft by 100 ft waterhole in one of the driest areas where very few animals have been able to survive.
Since the waterhole is sourced by ground water, it will last during the dry season and will be an excellent source of drinking water for the locals: elephants, rhinoceroses, tigers, leopards, deer, wild boars, pythons, and smaller animals such as porcupines, otters, hares, and tortoises – but hopefully not all at the same time. Within days of the completion, a group of nilghai (blue bull antelope) was already seen quenching their thirst at the welcomed oasis.
The waterhole has been named RARA POKRI. In Nepalese the word “rara” means serene and “pokri” means a small lake.
Would you like to help with AHF’s other wildlife conservation projects? Click here.