The harsh drought situation in the country and the Mount Kenya Region resulted in the dispersal of primates from their traditional habitats in search of fresh feeds and water. Other that animals were sighted out of their protected areas were elephants, Buffaloes and hyenas. Kenya Wildlife Service rolled up their sleeves to mitigate the increased human-wildlife conflict. Kenya Wildlife Service reported there has been an increase in reported incidents of conflicts compared to past years; the notable ones being attacks on people, property destruction, livestock predation and crop raiding. The drought exposed both wild animals and humans to more danger and some died during the hash drought due to negative interaction.
Most colobus would sneak into neighbouring homes to quench their thirst. Sykes monkeys disappeared completely during the dry season and reappeared during the rainy season. Vervets were also sighted within the Ontulili primate protection primate monitoring scope contrary to previous years, as it was the first season to sight vervets in the region. Baboons were also sighted, at one point an amputated baboon was sighted which was attributed to human-wildlife negative interaction.
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