Kenyan conservationist bags award for protecting iconic wildlife species

NAIROBI, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- A Kenyan citizen has been selected as one of the winners of an international award for spearheading grassroots efforts to protect iconic wildlife species at the Amboseli National Park, which borders Tanzania.

Daniel Leturesh, a grassroots wildlife conservationist, on Monday won the award from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) thanks to his three decades of protecting the natural habitats of flagship species like elephants and rhinoceros.