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A trapped elephant struggles in thick mud in Kenya’s Nannapa Conservancy. Passing herders alerted the conservancy manager to his plight, and veterinarians and rangers launched a rescue. Using a tractor, towropes, and their hands, they freed the exhausted animal. The image was published in July 2021.
“When we are looking to protect wildlife, we can't do that without thinking about the well-being of people,” says Timothy Kuiper, co-author of a study about elephant poaching in Africa.
A view from the center of a locust swarm at the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in northern Kenya depicts a frenzied scene. Swarms can range from less than half a square mile to 460 square miles, with 40 to 80 million locusts. Since late 2019, clouds of locusts have shrouded the Horn of Africa, devouring crops and pastureland—and triggering a ground and air pesticide-spraying mission spanning eight countries. These chemicals, however, may be devastating to wildlife. (From “A locust plague hit East Africa. The pesticide solution may have dire consequences,” March 2021.)
Standing in the eye of a swarm of desert locusts, Lewa Conservancy, northern Kenya
Desert locusts swarm on the open bush, Lewa conservancy, northern Kenya
Desert locusts feed on the bush, Borana conservancy, northern Kenya
A herd of elephants seeks shelter under acacia tree's from a swarm of desert locusts, Borana Conservancy, northern Kenya
Grants gazelle, and Oryx stand amongst a swarm of desert locusts, Borana conservancy, northern Kenya
At dusk a swarm of desert locusts gather over acacia tree’s where they roost for the night, Borana Conservancy, northern Kenya
Standing in the eye of a swarm of desert locusts, Lewa Conservancy, northern Kenya