Abstract

The study seeks to assess the population trend of the white Rhinoceros in the Lake Nakuru National Park. The objectives of the study are; to determine the population trend of White Rhinoceros in Lake Nakuru National Park as from 2004 to 2014; to the habitat Preferred by the White Rhinoceros in Lake Nakuru National Park and to determine the food type preferred by the White Rhinoceros in Lake Nakuru National Park. The study will use cluster sampling technique where the study area will be divided into four clusters due to the large size of the study area, namely: the woodland area, the grassland area, the bush land area and finally the wetland fringe area. The study will further use belt transect where the researcher will visit each of the stated blocks in the morning, mid-morning and evening for a period of between seven to fourteen days. To be able to respond to the second objective, determining the habitat preferred by the White Rhinoceros in Lake Nakuru National Park the researcher will employ the use of cluster method where the Lake Nakuru ecosystem would be divided into four clusters and in each cluster the researcher would use direct observation and belt transect technique to collect data. Data collected for the objective two shall act as basis for responding to the third objective where the researcher shall use frequency distribution tables to identify the habitat preferred by the White Rhinoceros. Finally collected data shall be put in frequency distribution tables and out of it plot bar graphs and pie charts.