"We have sent reinforcements to curb killing of wildlife there," said Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) spokesman Gichuki Kabukuru.

On December 22, KWS rangers killed two Ugandan poachers, recovered two AK-47 assault rifles, 110 rounds of ammunition and a quantity of eland meat, Kabukuru said.

In recent years, elephants in the park on the foot of the extinct Mount Elgon volcano, which straddles the Kenyan-Ugandan border about 400 kilometers (250 miles) northwest of Nairobi, have been hit by poachers as well as clashes between tribes in both countries.

All rights reserved. � 2005 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse.