KWS relocates 15 rogue elephants

Kirinyaga,Kenya:Fear gripped Kibirigwi village along Kirinyaga-Nyeri border after a Kenya Wildlife Service helicopter made an emergency landing. The chopper landed in a farm due to bad weather that characterises Mt Kenya region. It was a ...

THE Kenya Wildlife Service is worried by the rate at which poachers are killing elephants and rhinos. The conservation body is even more worried that poachers have penetrated protected areas in search of the much valued elephant tusk in the Far ...

Kenya Wildlife Service legally owns the disputed Kisite-Mpunguti islands in Kwale County, an official has declared. KWS director William Kiprono defended the agency's ownership of the magnificent islands, which are among the major tourist ...

At least 137 elephants and 24 rhinos have been killed by poachers this year alone, Kenya Wildlife Service statistics show. KWS Director William Kiprono on Wednesday said half of the animals were slaughtered within Tsavo conservation area, where a ...

KENYA Wildlife Services has attributed attacks of residents by animals in Siaya County to encroachment of lake shores. Siaya County Director of Kenya Wildlife Services said as much as animals are to blame for deaths and destruction of property, ...

Poachers have killed 24 of the animals this year in exclusive sanctuaries Nairobi: Gunshots rang out across the wilderness on May 23 when poachers shot to death one rhino in Lake Nakuru National Park. Then three days later on May 26 they struck two ...

At least 32 Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) senior officers have been suspended to make way for investigations into increased poaching activities in their areas, Kenya's The Standard reported Saturday (June 8th). The suspended officers include those ...

The Kenya Wildlife Service yesterday shot dead a stray lioness that has been terrorising villagers of Suguloi village. The villagers have for the last three days been living in fear of attack by the stray animal. The lioness is reported to have ...

Authorities say that two employees of an elephant conservation group in one of Kenya's most popular wildlife parks have been charged with ivory smuggling. The Amboseli Trust for Elephants confirmed the charges in a statement Monday. The group said ...