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Eight black rhinos, an endangered species, died after being moved to Tsavo East Nature Park, Kenya's largest, local media reported on Friday.
Wildlife Conservation and Wildlife Service Kenya ( KWS) has opened an investigation to clarify the causes of death in a group of 14 rhinos that were moved last week from parks in Nairobi and Lake Nakuru.
Their transfer took place as part of a plan involving the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), which aims to create safer spaces for rhinos in suitable habitat.
The director of the Kenyan Wildlife Direct conservation NGO, Paula Kahumbu, asked the Minister of Tourism and Wildlife, Najib Balala, a prompt investigation into the transfer, which he described as "disaster".
"This is not the first time that the KWS has moved animals, so we deserve to know the cause of death of this precious animal.According to the figures of 2017, the rhinoceros population in Kenya Numbered 1,258, of which 745 are black rhinos, 510 are southern white rhinos and three are northern white rhinos, less than 400 individuals in the 1980s. The white rhinoceros is almost a threatened species.
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Una Kenya Wildlife Service's initial research (KWS) showed that rhinos died from salt poisoning after drinking water in their new habitat, the statement said rhinoceros expeditions are halted
In May, three black rhinos were killed in Meru National Park in Kenya.
Poaching has increased in recent years in sub-Saharan Africa, where armed gangs have killed elephants by tusks and rhinoceroses by horns. Often parts of the animals are sent to Asia for use in ornaments and medicines.
The World Wildlife Fund-Kenya said in a statement that he was "extremely concerned" by reports
. Black rhinoceros populations declined considerably in the 20th century, mainly because of European hunters and settlers. Between 1960 and 1995, the numbers were reduced from 98% to less than 2,500.
Since then, they have increased further, although their situation remains critical. In addition to poaching, they are threatened by habitat loss.
The last male white rhino on the planet died in March in Kenya, and conservationists are trying to save the subspecies by in vitro fertilization.
Information from EFE, Reuters and AP
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