“Residents of Kwale, Kenya, have called for the Kenya Wildlife Service to act after elephants crushed farmlands and attacked villagers in recent days.
” - UPI.com

“On January 24, six crop-raiding male elephants were de-tusked on Ol Pejeta Conservancy. The exercise was carried out by Ol Pejeta and the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS).” - African Path

“International bans on the ivory trade and efforts to control poaching have helped Kenya’s elephant population rebound, wildlife authorities say. In the Tsavo/Mkomazi area — a conservancy in the larger Tsavo area in southern Kenya — the elephant population grew from 10,397 in 2005 to 11,696 in 2008, according the Kenya Wildlife Service.” - E-Wire

“A shimmer of light over much of the gloom shadowing Kenya at the moment is the heart warming news that elephant population in the country has been on the rise in the last several years. Breaking the news early this week, the Kenya Wildlife Service said a four per cent growth of elephant population was an indication that the state of the country?s wildlife is healthy. This follows successful anti-poaching measures and internationally supported bans on ivory trade.” - Nationmedia.com

“Three wildlife rangers and four poachers were killed this past weekend in a pre-dawn shoot-out in Kenya’s Tana River District. The gang of poachers was en route to Tsavo East National Park, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said, when they were ordered to stop, but instead opened fire. Rangers brought down four poachers in the ensuing gun battle but at the cost of three of their own, bringing to 23 the number of KWS rangers who have died in the line of duty since 1990.” - Cherry Creek News -

“Now 24, Mdamu works for the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). He is one of many researchers and scientists studying ways to mitigate conflict between people and elephants around Tsavo National Park, the country’s largest game reserve.” - The Times West Virginian

“Kenya?s biggest elephant relocation resumed yesterday after it was suspended last year because of heavy rains.
The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) began the translocation of 250 elephants from a crowded coastal reserve to the country?s biggest nature park, Tsavo National Park, in the country?s ongoing attempt to reduce confrontations between elephants and humans.” - Gulf Times

“The Kenya Wildlife Service has begun moving 150 elephants to its largest national park from a smaller reserve because of overcrowding with rhinos, said a spokesperson on Wednesday.” - News24.com

“The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said conditions in several of the country’s best-known parks and reserves were such that animals, mainly elephants, were increasingly coming into conflict with residents of nearby villages and farms, posing risks to both the human and fauna populations.
” - Mail & Guardian Online

“Rangers from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) have arrested three suspects and seized 22 elephant tusks they were trying to sell in the southeastern part of the country, KWS said on Tuesday.” - Mail & Guardian Online

“The Kenya Wildlife Service will relocate 400 elephants to Kenya’s largest national park, from a smaller national reserve in the country’s south-east that has too many elephants, a spokesperson said on Monday.” - Mail & Guardian Online

“Rangers from the Kenya Wildlife Service had seized 17 elephant tusks in western Kenya since November, officials said on Tuesday.” - IOL