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Amboseli National Park

A large elephant among green trees and green grass

Kenya launches its first-ever national census for wildlife

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The aim of the census, launched this month, is not to create an exact count, but rather to establish a baseline of wildlife data, and will focus predominantly on counting terrestrial and aquatic mammals.

Young male lions at sunrise in Tanzania.

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