{"id":133709,"date":"2024-12-30T20:49:50","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T20:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-butterfly-collector-aims-to-protect-research-centre"},"modified":"2024-12-30T21:36:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T21:36:01","slug":"kenya-butterfly-collector-aims-to-protect-research-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-butterfly-collector-aims-to-protect-research-centre","title":{"rendered":"Kenya: Butterfly collector aims to protect research centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>The owner of a research centre housing a collection of millions of butterflies is attempting to ensure its future.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Collins&#8217; 1.5 acre plot of land in Nairobi encompasses hundreds of trees and flowering bushes &#8211; the perfect conditions for breeding butterflies.<\/p>\n<p>His decades long career all began as a childhood hobby.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve always learnt about nature since I&#8217;ve been a very small boy. We spent the first 28 years of our lives up in Mt Elgon, but I have been working on butterflies since I was five (years old) and it got really quite serious from about the age of nine,&#8221; Collins explains.<\/p>\n<p>Millions of butterflies are stored in the centre, a figure that even Collins has difficulty wrapping his head around.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This collection here is the biggest collection of African butterflies in the world. It is 1.2 million pinned butterflies and 3 million (others), which is very difficult to understand in terms of size. It is huge,&#8221; Collins marvels.<\/p>\n<p>The researcher is seeking funding, as well as an individual or institution to protect the collection.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For us, for the future, is to get some financial support to get the biodiversity going and to actually find a safe home for this (Butterfly Research Centre) when Collins is no longer here,&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his research and collections, Collins has penned eight books over the course of his 60 years in the field.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Kenya<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. The owner of a research centre housing a collection of millions of butterflies is attempting to ensure its future. 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