Poaching remains a serious threat to rhinos in Kenya – last year marked the highest number of rhinos ever poached in the country.Benson Okita, senior scientist at the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) says 13 black rhinos and six white rhinos were killed in National Parks and community land across the nation last year, constituting 2.2 per cent of Kenya’s rhino population....

Kenya is rounding up zebras and moving them to drought-stricken Amboseli Park so the lions will have enough food.SOYSAMBU CONSERVANCY, Kenya — Hidden among the umbrella-shaped acacia trees are walls of dull tarpaulin which form a funnel toward the ramp of a truck that waits with its back door open. It is chilly and quiet in the break-of-dawn light. Khaki-clad wildlife rangers wait in silence clutching long switches hacked from trees....

NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 4 - Last year marked the highest number of rhinos ever poached in Kenya....

Wildlife officials here Monday displayed more than half a tonne of recently-seized ivory, reflecting a rise in poaching they said was prompted by the controversial sale of stockpiled tusks last year. ...

Kenya successfullycompleted her part in the joint aerial cross-boarder wildlife census with Tanzania in the Greater Amboseli ecosystem...

In 1979 there were some 1.3 million elephants in Africa but by 1989 only 600,000 remained. Currently, approximately 400,000 elephants remain in Africa....

Scientists say the prehistoric cheetah originated in Africa during the Miocene epoch between 26 million and 7.5 million years ago and then moved to Asia and spread its habitat range over millennia as far as China and the Americas....

The wonders of this country are sometimes hidden in corners like this,” comments Ann Kanini from the Kenya Tourist Board. The board is running a campaign to open up and market Kenya’s western circuit as a tourist destination....

Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) -- Kenyan wildlife officials are ferrying thousands of zebras and wildebeest to a park in the country's south to feed starving lions and hyenas, and prevent a conflict with humans....

Kenya is lobbying support from diplomats based in Nairobi on its proposals to uphold the ban on ivory trade, just weeks before the world conference on endangered species ... ...

Kenya upped its campaign against international trade in ivory ahead of next month’s Doha Conference of Parties by hosting more than 20 diplomats to present its case....

Nairobi — Kenya upped its campaign against international trade in ivory ahead of next month's Doha Conference of Parties by hosting more than 20 diplomats to present its case...

The number of carnivorous animals in the country is on the decline and the government is worried. From cheetahs, lions and leopards to stripped hyena’s and African wild dogs, their population has been dwindling at an alarming rate, a trend that is now being blamed on climate change, loss of food, and increased human population. On Monday, Forestry and Wildlife minister Noah Wekesa said it was a matter of serious concern that needed urgent attention. ...

The lure of salt draws a unique group of elephants deep into the belly of Mt Elgon. For thousands of years the cave elephant has been trekking to Kitum cave and smaller caverns at the base of the mountain to mine salt. ...

Kenya has launched a national largest carnivore conservation and management strategy. The Africa’s first ever such strategies provide a clear roadmap for the conservation of cheetahs, lions, leopards, stripped and spotted hyenas and the African wild dogs. The need for national strategies to guide efforts to conserve large carnivores was suggested in the year 2000 and a national large carnivore task force constituted to champion the process....

Tourism facilities in the Maasai Mara and the Amboseli ecosystems operating without licenses from respective government agencies have been put on notice for possible closure....

Patty Wagstaff's Annual KWS Pilot Training Is A Success The Lindbergh Foundation announced Thursday that the donation of a factory-new 180HP A1C Husky bush plane to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and a five-day training program of the KWS air patrol has been successfully completed....

SOYSAMBU, Kenya - A senior Kenyan wildlife official says about 7,000 zebras and wildebeests are being moved to one of the country's premier game parks to restore the balance of predators and prey disrupted by last year's drought....

Kenyan authorities on Wednesday began a plan to restore the predator-prey balance in one of the country's premier game parks after a recent drought -- by moving thousands of zebras and wildebeests closer to the lions. ...

he European Union has backed Kenya’s opposition to partially lifting the ban on ivory trade. The European Parliament voted on Wednesday in favour of the 23 States that make up the Africa Elephant Coalition (AEC) of elephant range states opposed to resumption of international trade in ivory....