Kenya Wildlife Service

A lion in Kenya was recently found trapped in a wire snare that was cutting off his paw. The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust said that the big cat had stepped into the snare, which was becoming tighter and tighter around his paw as he struggled to escape.

Three armed wildlife officers in Kenya were called out to reports of a stray lion on the loose - but soon it was discovered that it was actually a shopping bag in a hedge.

A Chinese tourist has died in Kenya after being attacked by a hippo on the shores of Lake Naivasha, the East African nation's wildlife service said on Sunday.

A male lion that strayed into rush hour traffic in the Kenyan capital on Friday injured one man before being captured and taken back to a reserve that lies on the edge of the city, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said.

Two lions were spotted close to a highway in the Kenyan capital today, the second time this month that lions have strayed from a wildlife sanctuary Nairobi's outskirts and entered the city of some 3 million people.

Wildlife rangers in Nairobi on Friday hunted for two lions who escaped from Nairobi's national park and meandered into "highly populated" areas of the Kenyan capital.

Armed poachers have slaughtered four rhinos in a reserve in central Kenya, the worst single attack on the species in more than 20 years, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said on Monday.

Kenya's embattled wildlife service announced on Thursday the discovery and seizure in the port city of Mombasa of a huge haul of ivory from at least 114 poached elephants.

A lion in Kenya was recently found trapped in a wire snare that was cutting off his paw. The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust said that the big cat had stepped into the snare, which was becoming tighter and tighter around his paw as he struggled to escape.

Three armed wildlife officers in Kenya were called out to reports of a stray lion on the loose - but soon it was discovered that it was actually a shopping bag in a hedge.

A Chinese tourist has died in Kenya after being attacked by a hippo on the shores of Lake Naivasha, the East African nation's wildlife service said on Sunday.

A male lion that strayed into rush hour traffic in the Kenyan capital on Friday injured one man before being captured and taken back to a reserve that lies on the edge of the city, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said.

Two lions were spotted close to a highway in the Kenyan capital today, the second time this month that lions have strayed from a wildlife sanctuary Nairobi's outskirts and entered the city of some 3 million people.

Wildlife rangers in Nairobi on Friday hunted for two lions who escaped from Nairobi's national park and meandered into "highly populated" areas of the Kenyan capital.

Armed poachers have slaughtered four rhinos in a reserve in central Kenya, the worst single attack on the species in more than 20 years, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said on Monday.

Kenya's embattled wildlife service announced on Thursday the discovery and seizure in the port city of Mombasa of a huge haul of ivory from at least 114 poached elephants.