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Kenya: Kenya Looks to Maintain Zero Rhino Poaching Record
VOA, 8 June 2021
Kenya's Wildlife Service says that for the first time in 21 years, not a single rhinoceros was poached in the country's national parks in 2020. To maintain the progress, it is… Read more »
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Africa: Could a Baby Northern White Rhino Be On the Cards? Scientists Say Yes With New Embryos
RFI, 26 April 2021
The future of the northern white rhino, nearly extinct, has hope for a new generation of the rare pachyderms after BioRescue, an international team of scientists and wildlife… Read more »
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Kenya: Rhino Numbers Go Up As Efforts to Fight Poaching Pay Off
Nation, 11 November 2020
Kenya's black rhino population has doubled from less than 400 in 1985 to 794 by the end of 2019. Read more »
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Kenya: How Dogs Are Helping in Wildlife Conservation in Laikipia
Nation, 9 November 2020
In the light morning breeze, herds of zebras dot the expansive Ol Pejeta conservancy in Laikipia county. Read more »
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Kenya: Biotech Saves White Rhinos From Extinction
Nation, 21 August 2020
Efforts to bring back northern white rhinos from the brink of extinction inched closer to fruition after an international team of scientists and conservationists managed to harvest… Read more »
Kenya Looks to Maintain Its 2020 Zero Rhino Poaching Record
Kenya's Wildlife Service reportedly says that for the first time in 21 years, not a single rhinoceros was poached in the country's national parks in 2020. To maintain the progress, it is conducting the first-ever wildlife census and placing mobile container housing in parks for rangers.Kenya's Wildlife Service credits intensified surveillance for the drop in rhinoceros poaching cases. The agency says it's also taking fresh measures to maintain the progress.
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Two embryos have been fertilised with the sperm of two different northern white rhino bulls in an Italian laboratory on August 22, 2019. Read more »
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A team of European scientists have made a breakthough in the quest to ensure the survival of northern white rhinos - a species which is functionally extinct since only two females ... Read more »
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According to the Ol Pejeta Conservancy, it is believed the rhino, Sudan, died of age-related complications. His death leaves just two female northern white rhinos on the planet his ... Read more »
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The last of the eleven rhinos that were translocated from Nairobi and Nakuru national parks to Tsavo East has died. It is believed to have died from injuries after it was attacked ... Read more »
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Suspected poachers have killed a male rhino in Lake Nakuru National Park, raising concerns for the safety of the rare animals which are facing extinction. This follows an outcry at ... Read more »
