Residents of Githiga village in Mathioya sub county of Murang’a are counting losses after their goats and sheep were killed by an unknown wild animal. Since last week, more than 20 goats belonging to various local farmers were killed by an animal suspected to be a leopard. Peter Karanja, a livestock farmer, lamented that on […]
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The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has disbursed Sh.95.6 million as compensation to victims of human-wildlife conflicts in Makueni. The Makueni County Commissioner (CC), Maalim Mohammed said the compensation was paid out to 45 families for wildlife attacks reported between 2014 and 2016. Maalim said of the total cases, 18 were deaths while 27 were injuries. […]
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The improvement of wildlife protection system across all National Parks and Game Reserves in the country has seen the poaching trends of Kenya’s endangered species drop drastically. The Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife (CS), Najib Balala, said the system has protected rhinos from poachers, noting that no rhino has been killed since January this […]
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The Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary (CS), Najib Balala has praised ocean conservation groups in Watamu area of Kilifi County for saving over 20,000 turtles through their conservation efforts. “Here, we are impressed with the local ocean conservation groups which have done a great job in conserving about 20,000 turtles in this region,” he said […]
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Residents of Narosora area in Narok South Sub County are up in arms after a teenage boy was killed by elephants on Tuesday. The residents this morning matched along Narosora Trading centre protesting what they alleged was failure by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) to contain the animals in designated areas. Led by the area […]
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