Climate change is killing more elephants than poaching, Kenyan officials say:
Illegal ivory poaching once posed a significant threat to Kenya’s elephants. But now the giants of the animal kingdom are facing an even bigger risk: climate change.
As Kenya battles its worst drought in four decades, the crisis is killing 20 times more elephants than poaching, according to officials. They cite desiccated carcasses found in Tsavo National Park, where much wildlife has fled in recent years in search of water.
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More than 4 million people in Kenya are facing acute food shortages. In recent months, child malnutrition cases have surged by half, to 942,000, Reuters reported.
As I understand it, central Africa gets most of its rain from South America. The mosture which evaporates from the Amazon forests are carried across the Atlantic and pour down on the Savannah, enabling animals and man to live there. In addition to Human-accelerated climate change, all the deforestation in Brazil must certainly add to African nation’s woes.
martens over 1 year ago
Climate change is killing more elephants than poaching, Kenyan officials say:
Illegal ivory poaching once posed a significant threat to Kenya’s elephants. But now the giants of the animal kingdom are facing an even bigger risk: climate change.
As Kenya battles its worst drought in four decades, the crisis is killing 20 times more elephants than poaching, according to officials. They cite desiccated carcasses found in Tsavo National Park, where much wildlife has fled in recent years in search of water.
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More than 4 million people in Kenya are facing acute food shortages. In recent months, child malnutrition cases have surged by half, to 942,000, Reuters reported.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/07/28/kenya-elephants-drought-climate-change/
moosemin over 1 year ago
As I understand it, central Africa gets most of its rain from South America. The mosture which evaporates from the Amazon forests are carried across the Atlantic and pour down on the Savannah, enabling animals and man to live there. In addition to Human-accelerated climate change, all the deforestation in Brazil must certainly add to African nation’s woes.
Flashaaway over 1 year ago
Will they be talking about over population being the main driver behind it all?