practices are making it extremely difficult for parky stunning authorities to bring hiv under control. now to kenya and a story on the occasion of international the international day for logical diversity which is today new studies in kenya have shown that the country s hippos are vital for the health of its waterways but the majestic river dwellers faced numerous threats not only from local hunters also from grazing animals competing for their food. the hungry hippos graze on the shores of kenya s lake 91 of eva 1500 hippos that make this lake its home but the grass here is increasingly in short supply. locals often bring that cattle down to the grasslands fringing the lake to feed the competition for food between wildlife and domestic animals is driven to the extreme by drought and climate change. it means that people are
compete for food with other animals the result is that their is numbers are dwindling now a new study has revealed that any reduction in their numbers could spell disaster as hippos are vital for the health of rivers. the hungry hippos graze on the shores of kenya s lake ny fashion one of over 1500 hippos that make this lake its home but the grass here is increasingly in short supply. locals often bring back cattle down to the grasslands fringing the lake to feed the competition for food between wildlife and domestic animals is driven to the extreme by drought and climate change. it means that people are bringing the livestock into protected areas national parks and reserves and they re competing with the animals like peoples and these poor animals don t have any other source of food they literally will die of starvation if they hippos die the rivers and lakes could die