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Lake Nakuru National Park faces a looming existential crisis

Zebras wading through floods caused by the rising waters at Lake Nakuru. [Kipsang Joseph/Standard]

Hundreds of animals have been displaced at Lake Nakuru National Park as the lakes waters continue to rise.

The lake’s water has invaded the park, flooding hundreds of acres that provided food and home to wildlife, and squeezing the animals into rapidly decreasing space.

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