Punish those culpable in deaths of rhinos

Rangers work to push one of the rhinos that were relocated to the new Tsavo rhino sanctuary from the Nairobi National Park. (File, Standard)

Amid pomp and colour, Kenya Wildlife Services translocated 14 Rhinos from Lake Nakuru and Nairobi National Parks last month. Their new home was the Tsavo National Park.

Hardly three weeks after the exercise, 8 of the Rhinos were reported dead, causing conservationists to raise furore. That is quite understandable; how could it happen in such a short a period of time?