Wild fires are razing down wild conservations and Tsavo National Park is leading in the soaring cases.
Yester night, yet another inferno destroyed thousands of acres of vegetation at Tsavo National Park, KWS has confirmed.
— Kenya Wildlife Service (@KWSKenya) July 23, 2020
The surge in incidents comes amid growing concerns over the short and long-term impact of the fires on vegetation and wildlife.
Tsavo is inhabited by thousands of wildlife species including the big five.
This incident comes barely a month after a similar inferno was reported in the area.
The fire is said to have started at Lualenyi Ranch that neighbours Tsavo West National Park and spread into the protected area.
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Efforts by the ranch and Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) rangers to contain the huge blaze were thwarted by strong winds that spread flames rapidly to dry vegetation.
Kenyan Bulletin has been informed that the government had deployed resources to respond to the incidents but efforts to get official information from KWS were not successful.
“We managed to prevent the fire from spreading into Mwaktau village. However, the fire is still in the park,” said local resident Balzatry Mwakulila.
By Thursday morning the bush fire continued to rage across huge tracts of land within the park.
This is the third inferno at Tsavo National Part in a span of three months.
In May, an inferno destroyed more than 4,000 acres of vegetation in Tsavo East.
A month later another fire consumed over 180 acres of the vast conservation area.
The surge in incidents comes amid growing concerns over the short and long-term impact of the fires on vegetation and wildlife.
Tsavo is inhabited by thousands of wildlife species including the big five.
Some Kenyan on Twitter have also called out Najib Balala led Tourism ministry for turning a blind eye and lacking proper strategy to stop these wildfires.
“Balala should tell us if he wants all the animals to run to the likes of Serengeti and other wild conservations in Neighbouring country,” One kenyan posted on Twitter.
“People that own private tour companies must be directly involved in these infernos,” Max Ducha posted on twitter.
It is about time Kenyans be told the root cause of these fires. Do we have poachers who start the fires so as to trap and kill scared animals?
Can the authorities investigate if the razed areas are being turned to illegal mining grounds?
Are fictitious people chasing our wild animals to neighbouring countries so as to amass kickbacks and bribes?
