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Technology helps government in the fight against Poaching

Wild Elephants move around the Sarova Taita Salt Lick Lodge in Taita Taveta County. [Photo by Maarufu Mohamed/Standard]

Wildlife conservationists have praised the use of technology, fencing, and community participation in the fight against poaching of endangered species.

The Cabinet secretary for the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Judi Wakhungu revealed in a wildlife census released last week that there has been an increase in the elephant population in the Laikipia-Samburu-Marsabit ecosystems by 12 per cent.

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