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**Breaking News**  Two poachers were shot dead yesterday just south of Amboseli National Park by a Kenya Wildlife Service anti-poaching team. A high-caliber rifle was recovered. A third man was injured but escaped along with one or two others. They are being tracked by both Kenyan and Tanzanian authorities. It is very disturbing that people are dying in this battle to protect elephants, and we wish that it hadn't come to this, but people with weapons roaming around near a National Park full of tourists is a major security issue as well as a conservation issue. KWS needed to send a very strong message that this kind of insecurity cannot be tolerated. We commend the brave rangers who risked their lives. The poachers were found in the area where two bulls were poached earlier this month. For now there will be some peace for the elephants in that part of the ecosystem, but that is only one battle won. The war against poaching continues; elephants are being killed to the east and northwest of the Park. As long as the demand is out there and the ivory trade is lucrative, elephants will be killed for their tusks. We need to fight on all fronts.
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Demos won't work
Fri, 2010-12-10 14:42 by Wes Grady
There is some behavior that can't be stopped by education alone. Poaching is one of those. It is driven by money and greed and a total disregard for the pain and anguish that the behavior entails. If you want to have a positive impact, put up posters in all public places, reading:
Attention. Poachers will be shot on sight. Don't poach, the life you save will be yours.
It might not totally eliminate the problem, but it should certainly reduce the number of people involved.
Shooting poachers
Fri, 2010-11-26 22:16 by Donna
seems to be the only way to stop them. Their viewpoints and ours are so different, unfortunately. They make me so angry, I think I could shoot them myself.
Poachers shot
Fri, 2010-11-26 12:28 by Donna Reynolds
May those fine KWS rangers thoroughly forgive themselves for doing what simply must be done to stop the poaching there on the ground. As for the rest of us out here, what concrete action can we take to back them up? What about an International Day of Awareness about the True Cost of Ivory? A designated day for worldwide demos in front of Chinese, etc. embassies, ivory-selling stores, piano shops; with multi media coverage. IDA has a day in June for zoo eles and today is Fur Free Friday in usa.
Poachers were shot!
Fri, 2010-11-26 11:41 by 4echo
I wish KWS have more rangers, patrol vehicles & aircrafts to protect elephants and all wild animals in Kenya.