Kenya's elephants dying amid drought | MNN - Mother Nature Network

"It may be related to climate change, and the effect is elephants, particularly the young and the old, have began to die," he told AP Television News on Monday.
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The species is hardly at the brink of extinction — there are 23,000 elephants in Kenya and fewer than 100 have died from the drought — but wildlife experts say they are concerned.

2006: Kenya begins relocation of 250 elephants - Monsters and Critics

Nairobi - Kenya's biggest elephant relocation resumed on Friday after it was suspended last year because of heavy rains.

The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) began the translocation of 250 elephants from a crowded coastal reserve to the country's biggest nature park, Tsavo National Park, in the country's ongoing attempt to reduce confrontations between elephants and humans.

'Because of the overpopulation of elephants, people have not been able to have crops around the area,' said KWS spokesperson Connie Maina.