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Measures used in wildlife management

Answer Text:
Wildlife Management Measures
(a) Educating people through print and electronic media on the need to preserve wildlife.
(b) Establishing wildlife clubs in schools to create awareness on the importance of wildlife conservation.
(c) Formation of wildlife conservation bodies e.g. Kenya Wildlife Service charged with management and conservation of wildlife.
(d) Initiating game ranching or wildlife farms to control
overexploitation of wildlife resources from the natural habitats.
(e) Culling of old animals to give room for the younger ones and to control the animal numbers.
(f) Translocation of animals whose population increases beyond the capacity of park to other parks where their number is small to prevent the problem of overgrazing.
(g) Encouraging of domestic tourism by lowering entry fee
into parks to help people to appreciate the value of wildlife and thus accept conserving it.