‘National disaster’ unfolding, as sixth failed rainy season, deforestation and poaching push wildlife into conflict with pastoral communities
, marabou storks surround a half-eaten camel carcass as people look on, distressed at yet another animal lost in a series of recent wildlife attacks.
“You can see carcasses all over here. If you’re walking in this area, it’s hard to miss them,” says Shanta-abaq assistant area chief Abdi Kadir Dugow Mohamood, pointing to an area just beyond the residents’ makeshift settlement, which is lined with thorny tree stubs and animal remains. He adds: “There’s no night that camels are not being killed by hyenas or lions.”
A 2023 draft report by the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage and Kenya’s Wildlife Service, seen by the Guardian, said the number of negative incidents between communities and wildlife was at “national disaster levels”. “If we fail to mobilise and create some kind of stability between wildlife and people with their livestock, I predict both sides suffering a great loss,” says Yussuf Hassan, 28, the manager of the Gutale community conservancy, one ofDickson Kaelo, chief executive of the umbrella group Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association, says human-wildlife conflict is the result of the conversion of traditional grazing spaces and wildlife habitats to agriculture and human settlements.
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