Kenya: Northeast Conservancies Protest 'Unlawful' Somali Giraffes Relocations to Nanyuki

Kenya: Northeast Conservancies Protest 'Unlawful' Somali Giraffes Relocations to Nanyuki

Nairobi -- The North Eastern Wildlife Conservancies Association (NECA) has condemned what it calls the "unilateral and unlawful" relocation of two endangered Somali (reticulated) giraffes from Wajir County to a private sanctuary in Nanyuki by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS).

Northeast conservancies protest ‘unlawful’ Somali giraffes relocations to Nanyuki

NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 11 — The North Eastern Wildlife Conservancies Association (NECA) has condemned what it calls the “unilateral and unlawful” relocation of two endangered Somali (reticulated) giraffes from Wajir County to a private sanctuary in Nanyuki by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). The two young giraffes, orphaned after their mothers were killed by poachers, were rescued and raised by local community members in Wajir. NECA says the anima…