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Why locals put KWS on the spot for moving giraffes

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KWS officers move a giraffe from North Lake Naivasha. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

The translocation of a tower of giraffes from several game ranches in North Lake Naivasha has left landowners and ranchers seething in anger.

In the last couple of days, Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has embarked on translocating the animals to the Coast, leading to a fall-out between them and the ranchers.

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