Poachers Kill Two Rare White Giraffes in Kenya
Nairobi, March 10 - Poachers have killed two rare white giraffes - a female and its calf - at the Ishaqbini Hirola Community Conservancy...
Grauer’s Gorilla Population in DR Congo Higher than Previously Thought
By Curtis Abraham
Kampala, Feb 20 - The Grauer’s gorilla, a lowland subspecies of the Eastern gorilla group that also includes Mountain gorillas, have suffered...
Kenyan Court Declines to Stop Staging of Music Festival in National Park
Nairobi, Feb 12 - A Kenyan court has declined to issue orders to stop the staging of a two-day music festival in the country’s...
One of Kenya’s Largest Elephants Dies
Nairobi, Feb 6 – One of Kenya’s iconic great elephants has died of natural causes at the age of 50, wildlife authorities said.
Nicknamed Tim,...
Move Koroga Festival out of Hell’s Gate National Park
PRESS RELEASE
Nairobi, Jan 31 - The Conservation Alliance of Kenya requests the organizers of the Naivasha Love Festival 2020 to move out of the...
China Bans Wildlife Trade Due To Corona virus Outbreak
Jan 27th- The outbreak of a new virus linked to a wildlife market in central China has prompted a temporary nationwide ban on selling...
Hell’s Gate Needs Tender Loving Care – Not the Love Festival
by Paula Kahumbu
Nairobi, Jan 21 - Many people are shocked, as I am, by the approval given to hold two large-scale public events in...
Plans Underway to Transfer Northern White Rhino Embryos to Surrogates
In August 2019, a team of scientists and conservationists broke new ground in saving the northern white rhinoceros from extinction. They harvested eggs from...
Poaching of elephants, rhinos in Kenya in significant decline
Nairobi, Jan 3 - The poaching of iconic wildlife species in Kenya, including elephants and rhinos, has declined by 90 percent over the past...
Matt, the Celebrated Kenyan Bull Elephant Dies
Nairobi, Oct 24 – One of northern Kenya’s largest elephants has died of natural causes, Save the Elephants charity eported, noting that the tusker,...
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