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A worker uses a forklift to load the carcass of a cow onto a truck in a paddock at the KMC factory near Athi River
16 Sep 2009
Source: Reuters
 
A worker uses a forklift to load the carcass of a cow onto a truck in a paddock at the Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) factory near Athi River, 50km (31 miles) east of the capital Nairobi, September 16, 2009. Farmers are making their way to the recently revived KMC in a bid to cut their losses by selling their drought-stricken livestock for meat. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (KENYA AGRICULTURE ANIMALS DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)
REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya


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Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) rangers inspect the carcass of a baby elephant that died from the prolonged drought near the Galana River at Tsavo East National Park, southeast of Kenya's capital ...




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