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| Seven of 14 rhinos die after move to Kenyan national park | |
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| Seven out of 14 critically endangered black rhinos died after being moved to a new reserve in southern Kenya, wildlife officials have revealed. | Seven out of 14 critically endangered black rhinos died after being moved to a new reserve in southern Kenya, wildlife officials have revealed. |
| Kenya Wildlife Service refused to comment on the rhinoceros deaths but, speaking on condition of anonymity, one official said on Friday: “Seven of the rhinos died but it has not been established as to why.” | Kenya Wildlife Service refused to comment on the rhinoceros deaths but, speaking on condition of anonymity, one official said on Friday: “Seven of the rhinos died but it has not been established as to why.” |
| A second KWS officer also confirmed the deaths but said an investigation had to be carried out before the information was made public. | A second KWS officer also confirmed the deaths but said an investigation had to be carried out before the information was made public. |
| The relocation of endangered animals – known as translocation – involves putting them to sleep for the journey and then reviving them in a process that carries risks. But the loss of half of them is highly unusual. | The relocation of endangered animals – known as translocation – involves putting them to sleep for the journey and then reviving them in a process that carries risks. But the loss of half of them is highly unusual. |
| The black rhinos were moved from the Nairobi and Lake Nakuru national parks to Tsavo East last month in an operation trumpeted by Najib Balala, the Kenyan tourism minister. He has yet to comment on the outcome. | |
| Paula Kahumbu, a prominent conservationist, said officials must take responsibility and explain what went wrong. “Rhinos have died. We have to say it openly when it happens, not a week later or a month later,” she said. “Something must have gone wrong, and we want to know what it is.” | Paula Kahumbu, a prominent conservationist, said officials must take responsibility and explain what went wrong. “Rhinos have died. We have to say it openly when it happens, not a week later or a month later,” she said. “Something must have gone wrong, and we want to know what it is.” |
| Save the Rhino estimates there are fewer than 5,500 black rhinos in the world, all of them in Africa, while Kenya’s black rhino population stands at 750, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature. | Save the Rhino estimates there are fewer than 5,500 black rhinos in the world, all of them in Africa, while Kenya’s black rhino population stands at 750, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature. |
| According to KWS figures, nine rhinos were killed in Kenya last year. In May, three more were shot dead inside a specially protected sanctuary in northern Kenya and had their horns removed. In March the last male northern white rhino on the planet, an older bull named Sudan, was put down by Kenyan vets after becoming ill. | According to KWS figures, nine rhinos were killed in Kenya last year. In May, three more were shot dead inside a specially protected sanctuary in northern Kenya and had their horns removed. In March the last male northern white rhino on the planet, an older bull named Sudan, was put down by Kenyan vets after becoming ill. |
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