Game reserve restocked with 150+ animals in bid to attract more tourists.

A game reserve is set to be restocked with at least 150 animals of three different species in a bid to attract more tourists.

The animals will be moved to Shimba Hills National Reserve, from where close to 400 elephants were transferred to Tsavo East National Park.

The restocking of the game park, expected to begin in June, will lead to the rebranding of the reserve, a Kenya Wildlife Service deputy director, Mr Philip Mwakio, announced.

He said all the logistics for the movement of the animals had been completed .

“KWS will move 50 giraffes from the crowded Tsavo Park to the spacious Shimba Hills Reserve, which has only two giraffes at the moment,” Mr Mwakio said, adding that the move was aimed at attracting more tourists to the reserve.

Also to be moved, according to Mr Mwakio, are 100 impala and gazelles. He said that KWS would ensure that the animals were moved in families to maintain their social bonds.

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Tagged as: Elephants, Game Reserves, Gazelles, Giraffes, Impala, Kenya, Shimba Hills National Reserve, Tourism, Tourists, Tsavo East National Park

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