• Vets and rangers of the Kenya Wildlife Service work to put a GPS-tracking collar on a tranquilised wild elephant during an elephant-collaring operation near Kajiado, southern Kenya, in a bid to stop poachers. Dai Kurokawa / EPA March 11, 2014
    Vets and rangers of the Kenya Wildlife Service work to put a GPS-tracking collar on a tranquilised wild elephant during an elephant-collaring operation near Kajiado, southern Kenya, in a bid to stop poachers. Dai Kurokawa / EPA March 11, 2014
  • Rangers of the Narok County Government's rhino protection team aboard a truck try to spot black rhinos in the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. The number of rhinos has almost doubled to 59 last year from 30 in 2012, says the Kenya Wildlife Service. Dai Kurokawa / EPA
    Rangers of the Narok County Government's rhino protection team aboard a truck try to spot black rhinos in the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. The number of rhinos has almost doubled to 59 last year from 30 in 2012, says the Kenya Wildlife Service. Dai Kurokawa / EPA
  • A sedated white rhino is blindfolded and strapped with a rope by vets and rangers of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) after it was shot with a tranquiliser dart from a helicopter to be sedated in a private conservancy near Naivasha, Kenya. Dai Kurokawa / EPA March 11, 2014
    A sedated white rhino is blindfolded and strapped with a rope by vets and rangers of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) after it was shot with a tranquiliser dart from a helicopter to be sedated in a private conservancy near Naivasha, Kenya. Dai Kurokawa / EPA March 11, 2014
  • Rangers of the Kenya Wildlife Service and Kenya Forest Service receive instructions from British Army paratrooper, Cpl Andrew Smith, during an anti-poaching training demonstration near Nanyuki, 200km north of Nairobi, Kenya. Dai Kurokawa / EPA
    Rangers of the Kenya Wildlife Service and Kenya Forest Service receive instructions from British Army paratrooper, Cpl Andrew Smith, during an anti-poaching training demonstration near Nanyuki, 200km north of Nairobi, Kenya. Dai Kurokawa / EPA
  • Rangers of the Narok County Government's rhino protection team stand on top of a truck to monitor a black rhino during the early morning patrol in the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya,The rhinos are often targeted by poachers for their horns. Dai Kurokawa / EPA
    Rangers of the Narok County Government's rhino protection team stand on top of a truck to monitor a black rhino during the early morning patrol in the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya,The rhinos are often targeted by poachers for their horns. Dai Kurokawa / EPA
  • The mutilated corpse of a 17-year-old, three-months pregnant poached black rhino with horns removed is left to decay on a hillside in the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Isiolo, northern Kenya. She was found after rangers heard shots fired at dawn. Dai Kurokawa / EPA March 11, 2014
    The mutilated corpse of a 17-year-old, three-months pregnant poached black rhino with horns removed is left to decay on a hillside in the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Isiolo, northern Kenya. She was found after rangers heard shots fired at dawn. Dai Kurokawa / EPA March 11, 2014
  • A marksman of the Kenya Wildlife Service aboard a helicopter prepares to shoot a wild elephant with a tranquiliser dart near Kajiado, southern Kenya. Dan Kurosawa / EPA
    A marksman of the Kenya Wildlife Service aboard a helicopter prepares to shoot a wild elephant with a tranquiliser dart near Kajiado, southern Kenya. Dan Kurosawa / EPA
  • A vet from the Kenya Wildlife Service saws off the tip of a wild elephant's tusk during an elephant-collaring operation near Kajiado, southern Kenya. This can help the elephant eat more easily but is a highly-skilled task. Dai Kurokawa / EPA
    A vet from the Kenya Wildlife Service saws off the tip of a wild elephant's tusk during an elephant-collaring operation near Kajiado, southern Kenya. This can help the elephant eat more easily but is a highly-skilled task. Dai Kurokawa / EPA

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In picture: Kenya’s efforts to beat animal poachers

Rob Gurdebeke

March 11, 2014

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