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‘Rhino whisperer’ who nurses abandoned animals to health

Salome Lemalasia and black rhino, Loijipu, at Sera Community Conservancy in Samburu County. [Courtesy]

Wildlife protection is seen as a risky job but deep in the northern rangelands in Samburu County, women are changing the narrative.

We meet Salome Lemalasia, 30, a rhino keeper, at Sera Community Conservancy, going about her duties unperturbed by the danger that lies deep in the wild.

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