Hotels Threaten Elephants
Ancient elephant trails and lion breeding habitats are under threat from a series of hotels being built in a remote Kenyan game park, claim conservationists.
Tourist numbers could double with the four new lodges in Samburu National Reserve and the adjoining Buffalo Springs reserve, a pristine stretch of dusty scrub dotted with bush-covered hills, 200 miles north of Nairobi.
A surge in visitors, many likely to be from Britain, could damage for ever the fragile ecosystem, home to 900 elephants, a dozen prides of lions, leopards and the endangered Grevy’s zebra. Read more