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Poachers kill five elephants in Kenya's Tsavo Park

Armed poachers operating on the Kenya-Tanzania border have killed five elephants within the Tsavo National Park in a new upsurge of attacks on the jumbos.

The attacks began on Monday when the Tanzanian wildlife officials reported gunshots around Losoita of Tsavo West and progressed into Tuesday when rangers from Kenya and Tanzania discovered freshly killed carcasses.

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