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Animal numbers tumble as fences block migration corridors

Wildebeest at Maasai Mara National game reserve in Narok County. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

A lone wildebeest gazes at an approaching storm near Ereyiet Oltome village, on the eastern edge of Ol Kinyei Conservancy in Maasai Mara.

It seems startled by our vehicle as Simon Nkoitoi, senior warden and manager at the conservancy, responds to a distress call from villagers held hostage by a herd of elephants.

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