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THE STANDARD By
Caroline Chebet |
January 24th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Flamingos at Lake Bogoria National Reserve in Baringo County. [Joseph Kipsang, Standard]
From afar, the sight of thousands of flamingos spread across Lake Bogoria is magical. But on taking a closer look, you notice a big problem.
Tens of flamingo carcasses dangle from branches and thorns of Prosopis juliflora, also known as Mathenge. The scene looks like mass suicide of flamingos.
“It is worrying. Tens of flamingos died after they were trapped by Prosopis while trying to either land on the shores or take off,” Lake Bogoria senior warden James Kimaru said.