Official: 1 dead in explosion on Kenya's coast
KTVL
MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) -- Police say attackers fired shots and detonated grenades outside a nightclub in Kenya's coastal town of Mombasa after they were denied entry, killing one person and injuring four. Aggrey Adoli, the police chief on Kenya's coast, ...

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Erie caterer serves up taste of travel
GoErie.com
By RHONDA SCHEMBER She rode elephants in Thailand, went on safari in South Africa, gave birth in Nigeria, and white-water rafted on the Ganges River in India. SueAnn Mills was living an adventure in seven different countries. In all, she spent 18 years ...

Daily Nation
Kenyan hotel owners blame polls for low bookings
Daily Nation
Kenya Association of Hotelkeepers and Caterers (KAHC) vice-chairman Vickram Korla said the sector might not reach the Sh98 billion mark recorded last year as tourists would keep away for fear of political violence as was the case in 2007.

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The Illegal Wildlife Trade: A Survey of Greed, Tragedy, and Ignorance
Huffington Post (blog)
Having lived in Kenya and Tanzania earlier in my life, I experienced firsthand the wonder of African elephants in their native habitats. That's why I feel a personal sense of outrage at the senseless and immoral killing of wildlife.

The Illegal Wildlife Trade: A Survey of Greed, Tragedy, and Ignorance
Huffington Post (blog)
Having lived in Kenya and Tanzania earlier in my life, I experienced firsthand the wonder of African elephants in their native habitats. That's why I feel a personal sense of outrage at the senseless and immoral killing of wildlife.

KWS Defends Relocation of Cheetah Cubs
AllAfrica.com
By Judie Kaberia, 15 May 2012 Nairobi — The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has defended its decision to transfer three orphaned cheetah cubs from the Mara Conservancy to the Nairobi Animal Orphanage. In a statement, KWS said it considered provisions of ...

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Five must-see African safari destinations
Fox News
Mount Kilimanjaro, Kenya Kenya pioneered the African safari. Mikkelson says the country is famous for the greatest concentration of free-range wildlife on earth. In the 1930s, safaris in Kenya captured the attention of western audiences with Karen ...

Five must-see African safari destinations
Fox News
Mount Kilimanjaro, Kenya Kenya pioneered the African safari. Mikkelson says the country is famous for the greatest concentration of free-range wildlife on earth. In the 1930s, safaris in Kenya captured the attention of western audiences with Karen ...

Three Mara Cheetah Cubs Moved to City Orphanage
AllAfrica.com
By Raabia Hawa, 13 May 2012 Three cheetah cubs at the centre of a row between the Mara Conservancy and the Kenya Wildlife Service have been moved to the city. They were found abandoned on March 2 by the local community and KWS veterinarian alerted ...

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Stray Leopard Kills 24 Sheep in Gigil
AllAfrica.com
They accused the Kenya Wildlife Service of laxity adding that they are living in fear as the animal could kill a human beings if not trapped. Nderitu said she heard noises in the sheep shed at around midnight and when she went to check what was ...

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Elephants are Dedicated Mothers
Care2.com (blog)
IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) recently released a video of IFAW Elephant Expert, Dr. Cynthia Moss, describing elephant motherhood. Dr. Moss has spent more than 40 years studying African elephants. She has published numerous books and ...

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Newsday
Keeler: Compassion is in our DNA
Newsday
In the decades since, Leakey, 67, has become a lion in two fields: searching the origins of our species and protecting wildlife in Kenya. This new film focuses primarily on Turkana. Producer-director-writer John Heminway had known Leakey since making ...

Q&A: Richard Seeley, software engineer turned wildlife photographer
Daily Camera
You travel the world taking award-winning wildlife photographs and videos for National Geographic. Your work is currently featured in the Safari Spring exhibit at the Creations Arts & Gifts gallery in Louisville. So how did you end up in Kenya in 2011, ...

World's smallest mammoth found in Crete
The New York Irish Emgirant
Standing at just under four feet, researchers think that these tiny mammoths once appeared of similar height to modern African or Asian elephants and may have adapted to warmer environments by developing dwarfism. Dwarfism often occurs in certain ...

Dream job: making wildlife documentaries
Australian Geographic
IT'S EARLY MORNING in the Samburu National Reserve, Kenya, and the last of the night is crawling to an end as animals dart into their secret daytime shelters before the sun rises over the savannah plains. Australian Jasper Montana and the UK crew are ...

Dream job: making wildlife documentaries
Australian Geographic
Aussie filmmaker takes us behind the scenes of an epic global wildlife soap opera, where nature writes the script. IT'S EARLY MORNING in the Samburu National Reserve, Kenya, and the last of the night is crawling to an end as animals dart into their ...

AFP
Kenya: Ranches moving rhinos in fear of poachers
Vancouver Sun
But costs are spiralling for Mortensen and other ranchers as they battle to keep one step ahead of the hunters and guarantee the survival of rhinos, and elephants, on their expansive, remote reserves. “Seeing a dead rhino is terrible,” said Mortensen, ...
Kenyan ranches relocating rhinos in fear of poachersCapital FM Kenya
Rhinos face extinction unless action is takenMirror.co.uk

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Kenya: Ranches moving rhinos in fear of poachers
Vancouver Sun
Poachers are from international gangs and have sophisticated arms — and they are ready to do anything,” said Patrick Omondi of the state-run Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). A kilo of rhino horn can cost as much as $60000, according to KWS estimates.
Kenyan ranches relocating rhinos in fear of poachersPhys.Org
Rhino poaching on the rise in AfricaEast African

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Wall Street Journal
Moment of Truth in Africa
Wall Street Journal
... mission to provide a home and future for women in Kenya. She was working on a photography project about the ivory trade for the Kenyan government. While traveling around photographing elephants, her guide insisted that she never leave the vehicle.

BBC News
Nature's toughest mothers make 'ultimate sacrifice'
BBC News
Baby elephants in Kenya, black bears in Minnesota, toque macaques in Sri Lanka, meerkats in South Africa, gray whales in the Pacific and the lions of the Masai Mara are some of the animals being followed by Natural History Unit crews.