Kenya: Rangers Kill Rogue Elephants

23 August 2004

Nairobi — Three stray elephants were yesterday shot dead by Kenya Wildlife Service rangers after they terrorised Limuru residents for more than nine hours.

The beasts, each weighing an estimated six tons and aged over 10 years, were part of a herd that had strayed out of the Aberdares' Kereita forest and into Bibirioni sublocation of Kiambu District.

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