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Kenya's carnivores on decline, report documents

A pack of Wild dogs running around in Laikipia.[Kibata Kihu,Standard]

The latest National Wildlife Census 2025 Technical Report has sounded an alarm for Kenya’s large carnivores. The report documented massive population declines in African wild dogs and cheetahs since the inaugural census in 2021.

The steep declines across the country’s predator strongholds are attributed to disease, human encroachment, and habitat loss.

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