Prime resource and habitat under threat

GIRAFFES graze among the lakeshore vegetation, monkeys howl from treetops, buffalos dip in the swamps while hippos cool off in the shallows.

This is Lake Naivasha, one of prime centres for wildlife and horticulture in Africa.

Over 400 species of bird live around Kenya’s second largest freshwater lake. Its shores in the 1960s were also home to Joy Adamson, author of Born Free, the book and award-winning film about a couple raising a lion cub.