By Edith Mutethya in Nairobi, Kenya |
chinadaily.com.cn |
The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has announced plans to relocate and expand the historic Nairobi Animal Orphanage into a larger, modern wildlife rescue and conservation facility within Nairobi National Park.
The facility will be moved from its current 1.8-hectare site to a new 22-hectare conservation complex. Additional orphanages are planned in Kwale, Nanyuki, and northeastern Kenya to strengthen animal rescue and rehabilitation efforts across the country.
The KWS said the existing Nairobi Animal Orphanage, established more than six decades ago, is no longer adequate to support the scale and complexity of modern wildlife rescue and rehabilitation operations.
