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Outrage after tourists and guides filmed blocking wildebeest crossing

Migrating wildebeests running across the Mara River at Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. [Xinhua]

A viral video showing tourists and their guides on foot near Purungat (South) bridge in the Maasai Mara, seemingly obstructing a wildebeest crossing, has sparked outrage online.

In the footage, tourists are seen standing on the riverbank as a herd of wildebeest gathered on the opposite side for their perilous crossing.

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