: The Republic of Kenya, located in eastern Africa, is a paradise for animals.
There are millions of animals living here, from antelope , zebra , to hippo , elephants, to ferocious lions and cheetahs, they form a magnificent animal kingdom.
In order to protect these beautiful creatures,
Kenya has established more than 40 national parks and animal reserves over the years to allow them to reproduce and thrive.
But now, all these beautiful scenery no longer exists.
Recently, photographer Charlie came to Kenya's National Park. This time he did not take pictures of magnificent scenery, but only took pictures of cruel reality...
This photo was taken in the southern part of Kenya.
The hot air squeezed every drop of water in the air, and the earth had turned into scorched earth, and one dried corpse after another lay on the ground in disorder.
The red dust drifted in the wind, and the whole scene seemed like hell. This happens to
because a severe drought occurred in Kenya that lasted for three years. There is only a little water resource left in , which is barely enough for animals to drink, but it is really impossible to breed plants for animals to eat.
Nowadays, the land of Kenya is full of corpses, giraffes, zebras, elephants... almost every 25 meters.
According to statistics from Kenyan authorities,
In the past 9 months, at least 05 elephants, 512 wildebeests, 381 ordinary zebras, 49 rare fine-line zebras, 51 buffaloes and 12 giraffes died due to drought.
This is just what people see. In the vast African grasslands, the actual number of deaths will only be much more than this.
In addition to animals, people cannot be happy anymore.
Nomads living in the local area Maasai recalled that this was the worst drought in their memory.
Local herder Moses told Charlie that years ago, his family raised 390 cows, but now there are only 43 left.
Moses says that he has 3 wives and 17 children (national habits), and now all 14 children cannot afford to go to school because they have no financial resources.
(The children tried to help a shriveled cow up and eat)
Another herder Patrick said that His family died in two months, 53 cows, 82 sheep and 89 goats, and about 5 deaths a day.
Authorities estimate that 2.5 million livestock died from drought this year alone.
(local skinny cow)
What's more troublesome is that in such a harsh environment, animals have begun to compete with humans for limited resources.
There are many elephants living in southern Kenya, and on average, each adult elephant consumes 200 liters of water per day. Nowadays, there are less and less water in the wild, and elephants can only go to human homes to grab water to drink.
Farmer said,
"When we farm, they will come to grab water. Slowly, even if we don't farm, they will come.
We hit the iron roof of the house and threaten them with torches, but the desire for water makes them no longer afraid."
"We had to leave the water in the sink where we raised cattle and then move the cows 50 kilometers away to avoid conflicts with elephants.
so that they can only drink water and will not destroy the water tank and house."
In Kenya, people and animals are moving towards despair step by step, and it is because of the destruction of humans.
Local herders told Charlie that
Climate change will aggravate drought, but the root cause of There are too many cows, and They eat up everything.
The land is under too much pressure now, and it cannot grow so much grass, so it is trapped in a cycle of evil deeds.
This is the land where they survive from generation to generation, They know that it is wrong to do this, also know that there are too many cattle, but they have been with cattle all their lives, and they have no choice.
On this land, if they don’t raise cattle, what else can they do?
Nowadays, people's lives are becoming more and more difficult.
Due to drought, corn and legume crops failed for four consecutive seasons;
A large number of livestock died of thirst and hunger;
With the death of wild animals, fewer and fewer tourists came here to travel, the country reduced its income by 10%, and millions of people lost their jobs.
Today, there are 950,000 children under 5 years of age in Kenya, and 18 million people are facing extreme hunger. This is the longest drought in 40 years and may last longer.
(Kenya red earth)
Charlie said,
"This time I didn't go to the safari , I only saw it on the plane and took pictures of many dead animals."
"When you are busy taking pictures, you must make sure that you will not be disturbed by emotions. But when I got home and saw the photos, I felt very uncomfortable."
"This time we also saw a dead baby elephant. When we saw it, we were very sad.
Many dead animals there are only two or three years old, which means have many orphans facing drought alone. "
" there, every life is working hard to overcome difficulties that they cannot overcome..."
