Kenya: Rhino Killed in Lake Nakuru National Park

Nairobi — Even as the fight against poaching continues to be enhanced, a young rhino was on Friday morning found dead at the Lake Nakuru National Park, one of the country's most protected wildlife sanctuaries. The three year old white Rhino was killed by poachers on Thursday night.

Environment and Natural Resources Cabinet Secretary Judy Wakhungu who visited the crime scene said that Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) rangers were already searching for the poachers. "It seems that those who go for rhino's track them for a long period of time," she noted while explaining that poachers had adopted more sophisticated ways.

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