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ACTION ALERT: Say No to Lion Poisoning in Kenya !!!
Animals  (tags: african lions, wildlife, wild animas, poisoned, painful slow deaths, cruelty, kenya, survival )

Simone
- 2 days ago - gopetition.com.au
Lion population in the maasai steppe was very healthy but over the years their numbers have been reduced mostly by lions being poisoned or needlessly speared when they take domesticated animals!
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Prime Minister Urged To Help Ban 'Carbofuran'
Animals  (tags: prime minister, kenya, bann carbofuran, animals, humans, killed, legislation, lions killed )

Simone
- 17 days ago - coastweek.com
known in Kenya by its brand name- Furadan, is known to have killed at least 76 lions in 5 years The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it would implement the agency's May 2009 final rule revoking all tolerance, or residue limits,
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FOUR PAWS Embarks on Disaster Relief Mission in Kenya
Animals  (tags: environment, animals, drought, Kenya, disaster relief, AnimalWelfare, protection, wildlife, suffering, death )

Cher
- 43 days ago - vier-pfoten.org
Following the initial emergency aid measures in the Tsavo and Amboseli National Parks, FOUR PAWS has embarked on a full scale Disaster Relief mission in drought-struck Kenya. The team was assembled from Europe and South Africa and started working in
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Huge Seizures of 1169 Kgs of Elephant Ivory in Kenya and Ethiopia
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, ivory, seized, Kenya, environment, protection, wildlife, killed, death )

Cher
- 63 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
The Kenya Wildlife Service has seized the largest haul of ivory in recent history at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi.
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Kenya's Elephants Dying Amid Drought
Animals  (tags: animals, elephants, drought, death, Kenya, environment, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 77 days ago - mnn.com
Water shortages have grown so severe in Kenya that even elephants, which have no natural predators, have begun dying of thirst.
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Wildlife Elephants Fall Victims to Kenya's Drought
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, drought, elephants, Kenya, death, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 81 days ago - circleofblue.org
While a prolonged dry spell continues to plague Kenya, wildlife experts worry that the country's 23,000 elephants might be in danger. More than 40 elephants have died in the past two months in the Laikipia, Isiolo and Samburu districts, as the severe
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Kenya's Lions Could Vanish Within 10 Years
Animals  (tags: animals, lions, Kenya, extinction, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 103 days ago - enn.com
Kenya has been losing 100 lions a year for the past seven years, leaving the country with just 2000 of its famous big cats, says the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) -- which concludes the country could have no wild lions at all in 20 years. Conservationists
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Extinction Looms for Lions in Kenya
Animals  (tags: animals, lions, Kenya, extinction, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 105 days ago - ecoworldly.com
In 2002, there were 2,749 lions in Kenya. Today, only about 2,000 exist. In an announcement earlier this week by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), conservationists warn that at the current rate of decline, lions in Kenya could face extinction within
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Kenya Losing 100 Lions Every Year: Conservation Group
Animals  (tags: animals, lions, Kenya, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, extinction, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 107 days ago - google.com
Kenya's lion population has been dropping by an average 100 lions each year since 2002, the Kenya Wildlife Service announced Monday, warning that the big cats could be extinct in the next two decades.
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ACTION ALERT: Permanently Ban the Sale of Ivory!!!!
Animals  (tags: kenya, wildlife, elephants, rhinos, slaughtered, ivory market, worldwide ban on ivory, wild animal protection, laws )

Simone
- 131 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Kenyan Wildlife Authorities recently seized $1 million worth of elephant tusks and rhino horns bound for ivory markets in Asia. The growing demand of ivory has lead to skyrocketing rates of illegal poaching, and unless sales are permanently banned,
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Kenya Wildlife Services Says Elephant Numbers Have Doubled
Animals  (tags: animals, elephants, Kenya, numbers doubled, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 133 days ago - ethiopianreview.com
Kenya's elephant population has doubled following the international ban on trade of wildlife products. But Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) is warning the gain, which saw the number of elephants rise to 32,000 from 16,000 in 1989, could be wiped out due
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Kenya Wildlife Service Dismayed at Resurgence in Elephant Poaching
Animals  (tags: animals, elephants, Kenya, poaching, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, killing, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 135 days ago - ecoworldly.com
Kenyan wildlife authorities believe that a CITES decision to allow limited legal ivory trade has sent a signal that all ivory trade has been resumed.
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Kenya Calls for End to World Ivory Trade
Animals  (tags: animals, killing, ivory, Kenya, AnimalWelfare, death, suffering, environment, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 135 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Kenyan wildlife officials called on Saturday for an end to the ivory trade worldwide, saying a one-off sale two years ago led to a spike in the number of elephants killed in Africa
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Colobus Monkey
Animals  (tags: habitat, Colobus monkeys, hunted, Kenya, East Africa )

Raffi
- 138 days ago - awf.org
A colubus monkey. The name colobus derives from a word meaning "mutilated" because, unlike other other primates, they do not have opposable thumbs. Their beautiful black fur strongly contrasts with the long white mantle, whiskers and beard around the
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Kenya Wildlife Down By 40% - Community Tourism Protects Species Better Than National Parks
Animals  (tags: animals, wildlife, Kenya, numbers down, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals )

Cher
- 142 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Long-term declines of elephants, giraffe, impala and other 'common' animals in Kenya are occurring at the same rates within Kenya's national parks as outside of these protected areas, according to a study released this week.
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