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Guarding giants: Edward Nderitu's journey from village dreamer to Africa's top ranger

Lewa Conservancy's anti-poaching unit head Edward Nderitu [Courtesy]

On the slopes of Mount Kenya, a young Edward Nderitu once dreamed of becoming a "wildlife police officer," as he called it.

Walking three kilometres to school through a forest alive with elephants, bushbucks, jackals, and hyenas, he could not imagine that one day those animals would vanish from his home area.

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