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New technology to create safer flyways for birds

Marabou stocks electrocute on Thursday 17th September 2020,near Riadha house transformer in Nairobi.Every year,several million birds are killed worldwide by electrocution.The electrocution of Marabou stocks can cause damage to electricity lines and interrupt power supplies. [Edward Kiplimo,Standard]

In February 2021, at the Soysambu Conservancy in Nakuru, three endangered Rothschild's giraffes were killed by low-hanging power lines.

Around the same time, a flock of flamingos also became victims of the ever-increasing casualties in the delicate balance between conservation and development.

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