Inside Kenya’s Growing Trade in Live Ants
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Inside Kenya’s Growing Trade in Live Ants

Kenya’s interception of over 2,000 live queen ants at JKIA has exposed a growing, largely overlooked form of wildlife trafficking. Driven by global demand for rare species in artificial colonies, the trade in ants is emerging as a profitable and organized network with potential long-term risks for biodiversity and ecosystem balance.
Study finds livestock pushing lions away from shared rangeland in Kenya
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Study finds livestock pushing lions away from shared rangeland in Kenya

A new study by the Mara Predator Conservation Program reveals that lions in Kenya are avoiding not only active livestock grazing areas but also zones previously used by cattle. The findings challenge existing rangeland management practices and raise critical questions about how wildlife and pastoralism can sustainably coexist across community conservancies.