KENYA WILDLIFE CENSUS AMBOSELI PARKTwo elephants lock horns as they greet each other at dawn in the Amboseli National Park in southern Kenya , 09 October 2013 . Kenya ' s wildlife authority Kenya Wildlife Service ( KWS ) and Tanzania ' s government agencies , joined by various wildlife NGOs such as African Wildlife Foundation ( AWF ) , have begun on 09 October a week long aerial census of elephants and other large mammals in the shared ecosystem of the Amboseli - West Kilimanjaro and Natron - Magadi landscape in an effort to establish the populations and trends of animals to help the authorities in making conservation and management policies for the ecosystem . Several aircrafts are deployed to cover the 25 , 623 km 2 area in total . According to the KWS , the elephant population in the area has been relatively stable , with 1 , 087 individuals counted in 2000 ; 1 , 090 in 2002 and 967 in 2007 compared to 1 , 266 in 2010 . Between the years 2010 and 2013 , there has been a general increase in the numbers of large herbivores . Elephant population increased from 1 , 420 to 1 , 930 while wildbeest and zebra numbers more than doubled . Buffalo population saw 72 percent increase as well . Wildlife serves as one of the major drawing cards for the tourism which is Kenya ' s largest source of foreign currency revenue . However , the human - wildlife conflict and poaching have been a serious obstacle to the wildlife conservation in Kenya . KWS is battling to conserve one of the most important socioeconomic value in the country . EPA / DAI KUROKAWA ▶   연합뉴스 " 모바일 앱 다운 받 기 "▶   지금 뉴스 스탠드 에서 뉴스 Y 를 만나 보 세요 ! ▶   그림 으로 보 는 " 인터랙티브 뉴스 "< 저작권자 ( c ) 연합뉴스 . 무단 전재 - 재배 포금 지 . >