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Conservancies warn over poaching of Somali Giraffes, ostriches

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KWS officers move in to translocate a giraffe from North Lake Naivasha in an exercise that has drawn condemnation from land owners in the area. They have accused KWS of failing to involve them despite feeding and protecting the animals for years. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

Conservation groups have appealed to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) to enhance the protection of Somali Giraffes and ostriches in Garissa, Wajir and Mandera counties.

North-Eastern Wildlife Conservancies Association (Neca) has written to KWS Director General Erastus Kanga to intervene and end rampant poaching of the giraffes and ostriches for their meat, part of which is smuggled to Somalia.

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