Growing Livestock Numbers Threaten Wild Herbivores in Kenya – Study
Nairobi, March 5 - Across Laikipia County in central Kenya, large wild herbivores, including endangered species like the reticulated giraffe, Grevy’s zebra and African...
China Bans Consumption of Wildlife to Combat Coronavirus
Nairobi, Feb 25 – China’s top legislative body has imposed a complete ban on the consumption of wildlife and vowed to crackdown on trade...
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...
KWS Seeks Name For Nairobi National Park Born Baby Rhino
January 16- Kenya Wildlife Service(KWS) on Saturday afternoon announced the birth of a southern white Rhino in Nairobi National Park.
KWS broke the good news...
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...
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...
Poachers Kill Two Southern White Rhinos in Kenya
Nairobi, Dec 10 – Poachers killed two southern male white rhinos in a wildlife sanctuary in northern Kenya last week, the conservancy said.
The privately-owned...
Kenyan Conservationist Helps Rescue Poisoned Endangered Vultures
Nairobi, Nov 19 - A hyena, two Endangered Lappet-faced Vultures, and three Critically Endangered Rüppell’s Vultures died at the scene of an illegal poisoning...
Cassin’s Hawk-Eagle Sighting on Mt Kenya
By Nick Trent
Mount Kenya, August 4, 2019 – The Cassin’s Hawk-Eagle, formerly classified as Spizaetus africanus, and more recently as Aquila africanus, is a small but robustly...
Kenyan Rangers Arrest Suspected Poachers
Nairobi, Oct 24 - The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) today reported that its rangers and the police have arrested two suspected poachers and seized...
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World-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall dies at 91
Nairobi, Oct 2 (Swara) – Dr Jane Goodall, the pioneering British primatologist whose 65-year study of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania transformed the...