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15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
My name is Anthong Ochieng Okello

Tsavo East National Park park ranger, Anthony Ochieng Okello. Born in Nakuru, Kenya, Anthony has worked in wildlife conservation as a field operations ranger since 2014. "To work as a ranger has not always been a job. Neither a skillset nor a stepping stone to something else. It is a call and an honor which we earn through agility , alertness, stamina and sacrifice as we spend our times and lives in the wilderness. We have not inherited the earth from our father and are hence entitled house it according to our wishes. We have, rather, borrowed it from our children."

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 06.2017
Date Uploaded: 09.2017
Photo Location: Tsavo , Kenya
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Copyright: © Matilde Simas