According to a report released on Friday hundreds of animals, including elephants and endangered Grevy's zebras, have died in Kenyan wildlife preserves during East Africa's worst drought in decades.
Elephant keeper Kiapi Lakupanai plays with two calves at Reteti Elephant Sanctuary in Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy, Samburu, Kenya on October 12, 2022. The sanctuary has been overwhelmed with rescue operations and the influx of orphaned and abandoned calves due to the current drought.
"The drought ... has resulted to massive loss of wildlife population through death and probably migration into other areas," the report states. The worst-affected ecosystems are home to some of Kenya's most-visited national parks, reserves and conservancies, including the Amboseli, Tsavo and Laikipia-Samburu areas, according to the report's authors.
Other experts have recommended the immediate provision of water and salt licks in impacted regions. Elephants, for example, drink 240 liters of water per day, according to Jim Justus Nyamu, executive director of the Elephant Neighbors Center. For Grevy's zebras, experts urge enhancing provisions of hay.
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