Kenya Wildlife Service struggles to stop poaching

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s wildlife authority said Tuesday it needs help to curb the escalation of killings of the country’s endangered elephants and rhinos for ivory tusks and horns.

Poachers have killed 18 rhinos and 51 elephants so far this year, Kenya Wildlife Service chief William Kiprono said.

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