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Maasai Mara threat: Why home to world's eighth wonder is uneasy

Section of the Ritz-carlton safari camp in Maasai Mara.[Courtesy]

The Maasai Mara National Reserve-Kenya’s crown jewel and host of the world-famous wildebeest migration-is facing unprecedented threats.

Long-standing land ownership battles, rising human–wildlife conflict and increasingly frequent wildlife killings cast a shadow over the future of the global tourism icon.

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