Kenya Counts Elephants From the Air

Kenya is conducting an aerial census of the elephant population in a national park that has been the scene of gruesome poaching incidents in the last year. An intensive effort is underway to count and protect the threatened elephant population. Pilots are taking to the skies above Tsavo National Park in eastern Kenya on a singular mission -- to find elephants.   The census, which takes place every three years, is organized by the Kenya Wildlife Service to map out the elephant...

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