Severely dry conditions in northern Kenya has killed hundreds of wild animals in the past nine months. Officials say the dead include elephants, zebras and wildebeests. Other species have also been affected.
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ARCHERS POST, Kenya (AP) In Kenya's sweltering northern Samburu county, a destructive drought exacerbated by climate change is wreaking havoc on people and wildlife.
In Kenya’s sweltering northern Samburu county, a destructive drought exacerbated by climate change and degraded barren lands are wreaking havoc on people and wildlife. After four consecutive years of failed rains causing some of the worst conditions in 40 years, elephants either dead or alive but starving have become commonplace among Samburu’s villages. How to better protect fragile ecosystems from a warming climate, including Kenya’s savannah grasslands, will form part of discussions at this week’s United Nations biodiversity conference known as COP15 in Montreal in Canada.
As a historic drought grips Kenya and the U.N. prepares for its biodiversity conference, tensions are high between locals and wildlife. Elephants and other animals are wandering into villages in search of food, sometimes resulting in violent clashes.