Nairobi: 40 rare zebras have died due to drought in Kenya, elephants are also dying in large numbers.
According to the details Kenya’s drought takes its toll on wildlife, with the worst drought in four decades killing nearly 2 percent of the world’s rare zebra in three months, with 25 times the usual number of elephants killed over the same period.
The drought is depriving Kenya’s iconic wildlife of food sources, forcing the animals out of their territories and into deadly confrontations with humans, zebras and buffaloes for water and food. Humans reach the edges of towns and villages in search of
Experts say that if measures are not taken to save wildlife, and the rains do not come, animals in many parts of the East African country may face an existential crisis.
According to experts, Grevy’s zebra is larger than the common plains zebra, its body stripes are closer together, and its ears are wider. It is the rarest of the species, with only 3,000 remaining in the world. , of which 2500 are in Kenya.
About 40 zebras have died from the drought since June, an estimate of how many zebras will die throughout the year.
