Elephant rescue in famine zone

Kenya will move 200 elephants to the Maasai Mara game reserve to protect them from conflict with humans in a wheat growing area of the Rift Valley.

Conflicts between humans and wildlife are rising in East Africa, as increasing food needs and droughts force humans to encroach on protected lands.

Julius Kipngetich, director of the Kenya Wildlife Service, said it would cost £200,000 to transport the animals, stranded in the Narok area for the past 20 years. He said: “Narok is one of the top-ranked human-wildlife conflict zones and the move will ease the conflict.”