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KWS seize snakes from conservancy

Kenya Wildlife Service officers have raided and confiscated snakes from a nature conservancy in Kakamega that was operating without a permit.

The officers confiscated over eight species of snakes that included forest cobra, African rock python and black mambas.
Warden Daniel Rono said Kakamega Nature Conservancy in Shinyalu constituency lacked an authentic permit to keep the serpents.

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