Concern as hippos die in Kenyan Lake (Lake Naivasha)

Members of the public pull down a perimeter wall around Lake Oloidien in Kongoni Naivasha after a private developer allegedly grabbed the land which is also the only corridor leading to the water body. Members of the pastoralist community, fishermen and traders termed the move as illegal and vowed that no one would take over the land. Photo by Antony Gitonga/standard

Nakuru,Kenya: Conservationists around Lake Naivasha have raised an alarm over the death of hippos in the last couple of months.

They claimed that over 20 hippos had died around the troubled lake with the cause of the death yet to be known.