Kenya Drought Hundreds Of Elephants Wildebeest And Zebra Reported Dead
Hundreds of elephants, wildebeest and zebra have died across Kenya amid the nation’s worst drought in decades. “Kenya Wildlife Service Rangers, Community Scouts and Research Teams have counted the deaths of 205 elephants, 512 wildebeests, 381 common zebras, 51 buffaloes, 49 Grevy’s zebras and 12 giraffes in the past nine months,” the country’s tourism ministry announced. “The drought has negatively affected populations of herbivores, especially wildebeest and zebra.” Prolonged drought in the Horn of Africa over the past four consecutive rainy seasons has left an estimated 18 million people affected by food shortages in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, according to reports from the World Food Programme....