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KWS and partners turn to microchips and ear-notching devices to protect wild animals

Kenya Wildlife Service rangers take a rhino’s DNA samples and put a notch on the animal’s ear at Masai Mara Game Reserve recently.  The rhino ear-notching technology, is a strategy towards ending poaching.  [PHOTO: KIPCHUMBA KEMEI/STANDARD]

By KIPCHUMBA KEMEI

NAROK, KENYA: Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) is now able to monitor rhino movement in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve following the installation of tracking devices on the animals.

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