Kenya under Kenya Wildlife Service to lead 12 Air crafts to to count elephant and Grevy zebra starting from November 25th, to November 30th. Samburu National Park, the Marsabit area and Shaba Game Reserve are the targeted Areas. All three areas are part of a wider range for the elephant with regular migration of significant numbers of animals, following available pastures after seasonal and unseasonal rains.
The count is a follow up of earlier such activities to establish population trends in the semi-arid North of the country and expectations are that while the elephant population has grown in recent years the rarer Grevy zebra population may have reduced, putting the species firmly on the endangered list.
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