Tag: KWS

Samboja asks Senate to compel KWS to share parks revenue with his county

Taita-Taveta Governor tells Senate that national parks in his county occupy 65 percent of the county land hence revenue should be shared.

Wildfires destroy 4,000 acres of Tsavo East National Park, KWS says fire contained

Reports say the extremely dry savannah conditions with thousands of acres of dry grass in the park fueled the inferno.

Stray elephants that terrorized Kitengela residents for 3 days captured

KWS assistant director says they used an identification collar on one of the stray elephants to track the jumbos in Kitengela.

Poisoned camel carcasses kill rare birds in Kenya

The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said an investigation to establish the source of the poison that killed the rare species is underway.

Bird that flew 6,900km from Finland to Bondo, Siaya dies

The ringed Osprey bird that was rescued in Siaya County after flying over 6,900 kilometers from Finland has died. According to a press release from the Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS), the four-year old migratory bird died over the weekend while under the care of the KWS veterinarians at their licensed raptor rehabilitation center in Karen, […]

Hunt on for killers who ‘hacked elephant to death’

The 30-second video shows the elephant trying to get up as a group of people use machetes and axes to attack it, targeting its rear legs.

KWS: What we know about heartbreaking video of elephant being hacked to death

The KWS says a heartbreaking video clip of members of the public fatally hacking an elephant was recorded on June 21, 2018.