Global News - March 2008
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Kenyan officials warn of rise in bush meat poaching
Thu 27 March 2008 13:30 UK — Africa,Domestic Animals
Officials in Kenya have said they are concerned about rising levels of poaching near the Tsavo National Park.
One of the park's senior wardens, Julius Cheptei, told the local Daily Motion newspaper that there had been a sharp rise in the number of poaching incidents in the area.
He explained that it was thought that people were killing animals for their meat.
Mr Cheptei added: "While very little poaching is going on inside the park, outside, especially at community ranches, the menace has increased tenfold and we are now calling on the ranch owners to cooperate with us to save the small game from extinction.
"We have now intensified operations around the ranches in order to arrest the culprits."
However, Mr Cheptei said that the poachers had also recently started using more sophisticated techniques in order to evade capture.
Tsavo is the largest national park in Kenya. It was established in 1948 and is home to several large herds of elephants and numerous rhinos.
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