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Another rhinoceros died in Tsavo East National Park bringing the number of deaths to nine.
Tourism CS Najib Balala said of senior officials of the CID, the Ministry of Tourism, the University of Nairobi and the Ministry of Agriculture He stated that the veteran pathologist Peter Gathumbi, Researcher at the University of Nairobi, took samples on July 12, a few days after the KWS confirmed the death.
Markus Hoffmeyer, a wildlife curator, rhinoceros veterinarian and translocation expert from South Africa.
He said that preliminary investigations showed that they died of salt water.
The CS said that food samples were provided
Balala is confident that the course was not negligent because KWS has adequate capacity in terms of officers and vertical processes as well as protocols that
"Between 2005 and 2017, 149 rhinos were relocated with eight mortalities, excluding current deaths in Tsavo National Park Is – 11 have been relocated with eight deaths, "says his release. [19659002] He stated that between July 2017 and February of this year, 74 rhinos were immobilized to hack the ear and that only one mortality was reported.
Several tens have also been successfully immobilized for clinical intervention.
the movement took place on June 26, in a move that resulted in the displacement of two females and a male from Nairobi Park
The second capture took place on June 29 where three other rhinos – two females and one male – were moved. On July 2, a man and a woman were captured.
They were followed by two other males and a female on July 5th.
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