WORLD / AFRICA
By Xinhua Published: Apr 12, 2021 09:05 AM
An elephant is seen at the Amboseli National Park, Kenya, May 2, 2019.(Photo: Xinhua)
Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) release stray elephants at Maasai Mara National Reserve in Narok, Kenya, May 19, 2020.(Photo: Xinhua)
Kenya s elephant population has gradually increased at an annual rate of approximately 2.8 percent over the last three decades amid declining poaching, a wildlife research institute said on Sunday.
The State-owned Wildlife Research and Training Institute (WRTI) said that the country has experienced about a 96 percent decline in poaching, with more than 386 elephants being lost to poaching in 2013 compared to 11 elephants poached last year.
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