Conservationists: higher priority for wildlife law enforcement needed now than ever before
Efforts towards wildlife conservation got fresh impetus as a conservation meeting in Qatar sent a strong warning to organized and sophisticated criminal gangs involved in poaching. Enforcement experts from Interpol, Customs and Government officials attending the triennial general assembly of the Convection of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) raised a red...
Read MoreStudent leader champions use of alternatives to lab animals
http://www.anaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/AnimalAlternatives-300x180.jpgPassive, subservient learning is characteristic of many students in many institutions of higher learning in Kenya. Questioning lecturers on content and challenging the existing modes of teaching is considered rude and disrespectful. Many students cower at a sharp glance or a strict word from a professor. Not so for Dennis Makau, a third year student in Veterinary Medicine at the University of...
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