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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The Kenya Wildlife Service has begun moving 150 elephants from a small reserve to its largest national park because of overcrowding with rhinos, a spokesman said Wednesday.
The first 40 elephants were tranquilized and moved by truck earlier this week from the Ngulia Rhino Sanctuary, about 185 miles east of Nairobi, under the program. The remainder were to be moved by Friday.
"We need to protect the rhinos and allow them space so that their numbers can grow," said Patrick Omondi, head of the wildlife service's elephant program.
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