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☆ Rhinos Are Returned to a Plateau in Central Kenya, Decades After Poachers Wiped Them Out
  + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Associated Press | Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +4 min
LOISABA CONSERVANCY, Kenya (AP) — Conservationists in Kenya are celebrating as rhinos were returned to a grassy plateau that hasn't seen them in decades. The rhinos were taken from three parks that are becoming overcrowded to the private Loisaba Conservancy, where herds were wiped out by poaching decades ago. Kenya now has around 1,000 black rhinos, the third biggest population behind South Africa and Namibia. There are just over 6,400 wild black rhinos left in the world, all of them in Africa, according to the Save the Rhino organization. Tom Silvester, the CEO of Loisaba Conservancy, said Kenya's plan is to get its black rhino numbers to 2,000 over the next decade.
Persons: “ It’s, ”, Daniel Ole Yiankere, David Ndere, ” Ndere, Tom Silvester, Silvester, ___ Odula Organizations: Conservancy, Loisaba, Rhinos, Kenya Wildlife Service, Rhino, Loisaba Conservancy, ___ AP Locations: LOISABA CONSERVANCY, Kenya, Nairobi, ”, South Africa, Namibia, Africa, Loisaba, ___, africa
☆ Six lions killed in Kenya in blow to conservation efforts
  + stars: | 2023-05-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
NAIROBI, May 14 (Reuters) - Six lions have been killed in a national park in southern Kenya, in a blow to conservation efforts and the tourism industry that is a key pillar of the nation's economy. The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said the lions were killed after attacking goats and a dog near villages close to the Amboseli National Park. "Unfortunately this is not an isolated incident as over the last week four other lions have been killed," KWS said in a statement on Saturday. Residents around nature reserves in Kenya often complain that lions and other carnivores kill livestock and domestic animals as humans and wildlife compete for space and resources. The 39,206-hectare Amboseli National Park is home to some of the most prized game including elephants, cheetahs, buffalos and giraffes.
☆ Ten lions killed in southern Kenya as human-wildlife conflict escalates
  + stars: | 2023-05-14 | by ( Amarachi Orie | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +1 min
CNN —Ten lions have been killed in southern Kenya this past week, including six on Saturday alone, as human-wildlife conflict escalates in the region, according to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). This is “an unusually large number of lions to be killed at one go,” a spokesperson for the KWS told CNN on Sunday. The six lions that died on Saturday had killed 11 goats and one dog, the KWS said in a press release on Saturday. “The discussions centered on exploring ways to minimize the risk of human-wildlife conflict, including developing early warning systems to alert communities to the presence of wildlife in their vicinity,” said the KWS. “Further discussions centered on the wider picture of exploring human-wildlife conflict in the context of community livelihoods and benefit sharing towards a harmonious coexistence in the open community and wildlife landscapes,” it added.
☆ Anthony Ochieng Onyango wants others to see conservation through a different lens
  + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Jackie Prager | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN —Crouching in the brush of Kenya’s Ruma National Park, award-winning conservation photographer Anthony Ochieng Onyango eyes what he’s spent a year looking for – the roan antelope. It’s estimated there are only 60,000 of them left on the continent, and as of July 2021, there were only 15 living in Ruma National Park, according to the Kenya Wildlife Service. The roan antelope is seen grazing in Ruma National Park, Kenya. “We need to speak their language so we can get into their hearts to take action in conservation,” Onyango said. “My hope is for the students to just be able to appreciate what they currently have within their ecosystem.”Photographer Anthony Ochieng Onyango in action during a trip to Ruma National Park in Kenya, searching for the elusive roan antelope.
☆ Kenya's Maasai warriors gather to celebrate "Maasai Olympics," a rite of passage
  + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
REUTERS/Thomas MukoyaKIMANA SANCTUARY, Kenya, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Hundreds of youths from the Maasai pastoralists in Kenya gathered on Saturday at a wildlife sanctuary to participate in "Maasai Olympics," a ceremony promoted by conservationists as an alternative rite of passage for young men in the community. To curb the practice, Maasai cultural leaders partnered with Big Life Foundation, a conservation pressure group, to provide an alternative rite of passage, eventually giving birth to the "Maasai Olympics" in which young men compete to earn medals and cash prizes. Craig Miller, Chief Operating Officer of Big Life Foundation said the games had helped reduce the danger to lion population in the area. "(The) program has had a huge impact on the lion population and it is one of the few areas in Africa outside of protected areas where lion population is stable or growing," he said. Government-run Kenya Wildlife Services says there are about 2,000 lions in the East African country, and that the biggest threat to them and other carnivores is conflict with humans.
☆ Last of the ‘Super Tuskers’: Saving Kenya’s majestic megafauna
  + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Daryl Brown | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +5 min
He’s a conservation officer and pilot for Tsavo Trust, an organization dedicated to protecting the wildlife in the Tsavo Conservation Area (TCA) – in particular, the Super Tuskers. “The Tsavo ecosystem holds arguably the largest number of big tuskers in Africa,” says Kyalo. The magnificent "Super Tuskers" of Tsavo National Park are an increasingly rare sight. “There are approximately 25 individuals left in the world, most of which reside in the Tsavo Conservation Area. “A future where there are no ‘Big Tuskers’ in Tsavo is not worth thinking about,” Kyalo says.
Persons: Joseph Kyalo, “, ” Kyalo, ”, that’s, Africa’s, CNN Kyalo, Tsavo Organizations: CNN, Tsavo, Rhinos, Tsavo Trust, Super Tuskers, Africa’s Kruger, Big Tuskers ’, Kenya Wildlife Service, Tuskers Locations: Kenya, Tsavo, Africa
☆ Kenya drought: Hundreds of elephants, wildebeests and zebras reported dead
  + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Idris Mukhtar | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN —Hundreds of elephants, wildebeests, and zebras have died across Kenya amid the nation’s longest drought in decades. “The Kenya Wildlife Service Rangers, Community Scouts, and Research Teams counted the deaths of 205 elephants, 512 wildebeests, 381 common zebras, 51 buffalos, 49 Grevy’s zebras, and 12 giraffes in the past nine months,” a report released Friday by the country’s Ministry of Tourism said. An elephant keeper rests next to a month-old calf at Reteti Elephant Sanctuary in Samburu, Kenya on October 12, 2022. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images“The drought has caused mortality of wildlife, mostly herbivore species,” Malonza said. According to the ministry, Kenya had just 36,000 elephants left last year.
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