As drought ravages the Mara Ecosystem, the scramble for scarce resources has been compounded by cattle incursion into the Maasai Mara National Reserve. Consequently, this has led to dire human-wildlife conflict as exhibited by the large number of cases attended to involving spear injuries.
The situation can only improve if cattle incursion into the reserve is discouraged, and we are once again blessed with rain. The Mara Mobile Veterinary Unit attended to 11 Cases in total in February; 7 of these cases were related to human -wildlife conflict. Animals attended to in February included 5 elephant cases, 4 lion cases, 1 wildebeest case and 2 cheetah cases.