Jill's Pick from Around the World: Kenya rounds up zebras for starving lions
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Kenyan wildlife officials are ferrying thousands of zebras and wildebeest to a park in the country's south to feed starving lions and hyenas, and prevent a conflict with humans. The animals will be hauled from four locations to restock Amboseli National Park's population, which lost 80 percent of its herbivores in a recent drought, said Kentice Tikolo, spokeswoman for the Kenya Wildlife Service. "It was the worst drought in 26 years," Tikolo said. "The Amboseli ecosystem was severely affected. ... Lots of herbivores died,carnivores don't have anything to feed on, and have been attacking neighboring livestock."
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Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 2/17/2010 10:00 AM 
Categories: Jill's Pick from Around the World
Tags: wildebeest hyenas kenya amboseli national park lions drought kws zebra
Categories: Jill's Pick from Around the World
Tags: wildebeest hyenas kenya amboseli national park lions drought kws zebra
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