Questions like KWS shows 18 rhinoceros horns :: Kenya

Nature advocates have called for an investigation into the cause of the death of nine rhinos in Tsavo East National Park .

They made the call even as the Kenya Wildlife Service yesterday showed 18 horns to disapprove of the claims that they had been sold.

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Rhinoceros were moved from Nairobi National Park, but died on arrival in Tsavo, sparking public outrage and speculation on the cause of death.

Patricia Sewe, Wildlifedirect's director of communications, described the deaths as a blow to efforts to conserve endangered species.

"We are so shocked and we need to know what happened during the whole process," Ms. Sewe said. She called for a quick investigation to unearth the root cause of the problem to prevent future deaths.

"We need to know what went wrong because we had these translocation exercises, and this is the first time we've lost a record of nine rhinoceroses in one exercise," she said. added. . Text & # 39; NEWS & # 39; at 22840 and still receive verified updates.

Wildlifedirect Executive Director Paula Kahumbu went on Twitter to express her dismay.

"Very sad to learn that another rhinoceros died in the translocation of Kenya … no words," said Dr. Kahumbu referring to reports of the last animal to die, bringing the balance sheet to nine.

Claims have since been made that the site chosen for the translocation was very poor and even the wild rhinos in the area did not even go to nearby water points since the water was salty.

Linus Kariuki, KWS rhinoceros program coordinator, said the horns were a sign of transparency. Secretary of Tourism Cabinet, Najib Balala, attributed the deaths to salt poisoning.

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