Residents torch swamp that’s home to rare antelope

TOP: Efforts to put out fire at the 5,000-acre King’wal Swamp. INSET: The rare Sitatunga antelope which has now been displaced. [PHOTO: CORRESPONDENT/STANDARD]

Kenya: Angry residents set fire to 5,000 acres of King'wal Swamp which is home to about 100 of the 250 rare antelope Sitatunga species found in Kenya.

Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officials say an unknown number of these rare species are now feared dead following the Saturday attack.