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KENYA-WILDLIFE-CONSERVATION-ELEPHANT
Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) officers prepare to collar a sedated elephant on March 15, 2011 in Tsavo East national Park, some 30 kms southeast of Nairobi. An ambitious exercise by KWS and the Animal Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) saw eight elephants in Tsavo East National Park collared using GPS technology that will assist in the mapping out of migratory routes and corridors in the park and its buffer zones within the larger ecosystem. Located in different parts of the 13,747 square kilometres park, the collared elephants will be closely monitored for some 20 months, as long as they retain the collars which will enable the KWS to effectively design intervention measures for security operations and human-elephant conflict mitigation. The last collaring in Tsavo East was done in 1972 using conventional collars that required manual tracking with radio transmitters. AFP PHOTO/Tony KARUMBA
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Tsavo, KENYA |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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TONY KARUMBA |
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17 Martie 2011 |
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3519 x 2428 (1.06 MB) |
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