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Six poachers were caught slaughtering a giraffe in Kenya, leading to a shootout between the men and Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) rangers. The incident occurred Tuesday in Wajir, about 60 miles ...
Bushmeat poaching is on the rise in Kenya as Covid hunger drives hunt for antelopes and giraffes By Scott McLean , Bethlehem Feleke , Solomon Muingi and Fabien Muhire , CNN 8 minute read ...
NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenya's president set fire to 15 tons of elephant tusks during World Wildlife Day Tuesday to discourage poaching and trade in ivory. Twenty-five years since ivory trade was ...
In South Africa, for example, where 13 rhinos were poached in 2007, nearly 1,200 were poached in 2015. Better technology to catch poachers could help tip the balance for some species to survive.
A 45 year-old elephant named Satao, who was one of Africa’s last ‘great tusker’ elephants has been killed by poachers in Kenya. Newsletters Amazon Prime Day Share a News Tip.
In total, there are 12 slain elephants – a family, murdered on Saturday in Kenya’s bloodiest attack by poachers on record. The spot is so remote – inaccessible by road vehicles ...
Poachers in Kenya can earn several hundred dollars for two average-sized elephant tusks. This can be tempting to some wildlife rangers unhappy about low pay, said the government report.
Poachers killed one of Kenya’s most beloved elephants – a behemoth animal with tusks so large, they touched the ground. Satao was shot with poisoned arrows in the sprawling Tsavo National Park ...
NAIROBI, Kenya — A group of poachers have killed a southern white rhino, an endangered species whose worldwide population is estimated at just 17,500, the head of Kenya’s wildlife conservation ...
TSAVO EAST NATIONAL PARK, Kenya -- The bodies of five elephants lie under the shade of the trees – their giant ears flapping in the wind, but their majestic bodies totally still. It is a ...
A group of poachers have killed a southern white rhino, an endangered species whose worldwide population is estimated at just 17,500, the head of Kenya's wildlife conservation agency said on Monday.