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Kenyan all-female conservation ranger unit patrols amid COVID-19

Kenyan all-female conservation ranger unit patrols amid COVID-19

NJERI MWANGI PURITY Amleset Lakara has spent the year capturing armed poachers, running from an aggressive buffalo, and relaxing around a campfire reading "A Day Before my Wedding" as she prepares for her own marriage this month. The 24-year-old works as part of an elite all-female ranger unit named "The Lionesses," who patrol a conservation area near Kenya's Amboseli National Park. The recruits are drawn from the Maasai community who live around the park. Sharon Nankinyi, another ranger, said the day she was chosen to enter the team was the best day of her life. "It's rare for a woman…
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Kenya elephant numbers more than double in 1980-2018 – tourism minister

Kenya elephant numbers more than double in 1980-2018 – tourism minister

BAZ RATNER KENYA's elephant numbers more than doubled between 1989 and 2018, thanks to increased anti-poaching efforts, the tourism minister said on Wednesday. Kenya had just 16,000 elephants in 1989, and this rose to more than 34,000 in 2018, Minister Najib Balala said. "In the last couple of years, we have managed to tame poaching in this country," he told reporters during a visit to the Amboseli National Park. The number of elephants poached so far this year stood at seven, down from 34 in all of 2019, and 80 in 2018. While at the park, Balala participated in attaching…
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