Ivory traffickers arrested in northern Kenya as searchlight shows poachers are back with unseen ferocity after a lull
The KWS rangers in Turkana said they suspect the tusks were obtained by poachers who killed at least three elephants. The suspects will be charged with being in possession of wildlife trophies of endangered species contrary to section 92(4) of the Wildlife Conservation Management Act 2013.
Mechanics of moving wildlife with large body mass evolves, saves lonely African elephants
The mechanics of moving an elephant to a new life are complex. Khalil doesn’t dart and tranquilise elephants, mainly because it’s not good for such a big animal. Also, four tonnes of tranquilised elephant is hardly any easier to move.
500,000 conservationists in Africa petition Tanzania to ban sport hunting of elephants
In 1995, both the East African neighbours had agreed that Tanzania would stop issuing hunting permits on its side of the reserve after hunters killed Kenyan elephants on the Tanzanian side.
