PICTURE SHOWS QUARRY AFTER REHABILITATION INTO ECOLOGICAL PARADISE. THE QUARRIES PRODUCED FROM THE BAMBURI CEMENT WORKS HAVE BEEN REJUVENATED AND RETURNED TO THE WILD AS PART OF THE WORLD RENOWNED LAFARGE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY PROJECT. THE SANCTUARY IS HOME TO BABY HIPPO OWEN WHO WAS SEPARATED FROM HIS MOTHER DURING THE BOXING DAY TSUNAMI AND RESCUED AND REHOMED AT LAFARGE'S HALLER PARK SANCTUARY IN MOMBASSA, KENYA. HE HAS STRUCK UP AN AMAZING SURROGATE MOTHER-SON RELATIONSHIP WITH 130 YEAR OLD MZEE, A GIANT TORTOISE. MOMBASSA. KENYA. PICTURE:


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