A Kenya Wild Life Service (KWS) official in Nakuru has warned people against poaching, since this is threatening wildlife population.
Speaking to residents on Tuesday at Free Area Market senior Game Warden at Lake Nakuru National Park, Dickson Ritan, said that poaching activities in the region normally increase during dry seasons.
This is as a result of food scarcity which makes wild animals to venture into human settlement areas in search of food.
Ritan observed that people around parks and game reserves also have greater desires to hunt down wild animals for food due to drought that causes scarcity of food especially green vegetables and cereals.
“We need to know that in one way or another we need this animals, hence no need of killing them,” notes Ritan.
The KWS official encouraged national parks and game reserves neighbors to create a sustainable human –wildlife conflict culture that would involve collaborating with the government and KWS in taking care of stray wild animals without harming them.
He was speaking during a public forum that was organized by KWS to sensitize people living near wildlife areas on the impacts of climatic changes on human and wildlife relations.