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Kenya Unveils Wildlife Protection Program

Thursday, September 22, 2005 3:21:15 PM
By RODRIQUE NGOWI

FILE--- An elephant strolling through the dusty Tsavo East National Park on May 26, 2005. Vice President Moody Awori unveiled a US$1.25 million (1.02 million) program Thursday to improve wildlife protection, research and conservation education in Kenya's largest protected ecosystem that is also home to the country's largest elephant and rhino populations. The program, funded by the U.S.-based International Fund for Animal Welfare, will support the purchase of vehicles for anti-poaching operations and the prevention of conflicts between wildlife and humans who have settled on the fringes of the Tsavo ecosystem and along animals' migratory corridors. Tsavo _ a 21,548 square kilometer (8,320 square mile) ecosystem, slightly smaller than the U.S. state of New Jersey _ accounts for 52 percent of the protected area for this East African nation. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The struggling parks where Kenya's largest elephant and rhino populations live will get trucks, communication equipment and better roads in a $1.25 million anti-poaching program unveiled Thursday.

"The challenges are huge and they need help," said Elizabeth Wamba of the U.S.-based International Fund for Animal Welfare, which is funding the program.

The vehicles, communication equipment and road improvements are key elements in anti-poaching operations, as are education programs that also will be funded in the project for the Tsavo region.


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