Animal numbers fall in Kenya’s Maasai Mara
Science • April 2009 • Views: 391
Numbers of wild grazing animals in Kenya’s world-renowned Maasai Mara National Reserve have fallen substantially in 15 years as wildlife competes with neighboring human settlements, researchers said on Wednesday. […]
A study published today in the British Journal of Zoology found six species — giraffes, hartebeest, impala, warthogs, topis and waterbuck — had declined “markedly and persistently” throughout the 1,500 square km (580 square mile) reserve. […]