| Kenya divided on sport hunting ban
Kenyan delegates at a conference in the east African nation were divided over a proposal to call off a 30 year old ban on hunting for sport.
Each year thousands of tourists visit the country to enjoy its wildlife parks and reserves but the number of animals in Kenya has decreased by at least two thirds over the past 30 years. Many experts blame illegal hunting and human destruction for this decrease.
Those who support hunting for sport argue that it could help wildlife by forcing the authorities to enforce better management. South Africa and Tanzania are two countries who have legalized the so called sport and they have had a notable increase in their animal numbers.
"Every time they try to count our animals there are fewer and fewer. I am against hunting because we don't have the capacity to enforce any rules on it", Sarah Macharia, a Kenyan environmental consultant told Reuters.
Safari Queen heads Bewitch
Multiple Grade 2 victress SAFARI QUEEN (Arg) (Lode) heads a field of seven turf distaffers entered in Wednesday's $150,000 Bewitch S. (G3) at Keeneland. Trained by Todd Pletcher, the five-year-old mare exits a sharp 1 1/2-length score in the Orchid H. (G2) at Gulfstream Park. Safari Queen is versatile enough to lead or rate, and John Velazquez will be in the saddle. The 124-pound top weight will spot six pounds to all of her rivals. The classy six-year-old mare BARANCELLA (Fr) (Acatenango) will be seeking her first stakes win. Runner-up in the E.P. Taylor S. (Can-G1) in late October, the Bobby Frankel charge finished second behind Safari Queen in the La Prevoyante H. (G2) two starts back. Javier Castellano will retain the mount. MAXINE'S HYMN (Seeking the Gold), an allowance winner two starts back for Neil Howard, will make her stakes debut, and the stakes-placed MOON BERRY (Brz) (Burooj) also merits respect.
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Senegal: An Ongoing Battle Against Deforestation
Where does a four-fold increase in a country's population over half a century make itself felt most acutely? Concerning Senegal, the answer to this might well be: in the forests. At the time of independence in 1960, the West African country was home to three million people. By 1976, the figure had increased to seven million, while in July 2006 it stood at some 11.9 million. .
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