Several heart-warming photos of residents, allegedly in Northeastern Kenya, watering wild animals have surfaced online, earning rare praise from a prominent conservationist.
A Mandera County official who shared two of the photographs with a K24 Digital reporter said the wild animals have been straying to homesteads in search of water.
The photographs show several warthogs and an antelope.
But keen-eyed Kenyans queried why one of the warthogs appeared tethered in a photograph shared by conservationist, Dr Paula Kahumbu.
Despite numerous complaints of human-wildlife conflict, Kenyans seem to love wildlife.
Two years ago, at the height of a biting drought, Patrick Mulwa delivered thousands of litres of water for wildlife at Tsavo West National Park.
Mulwa used to drive everyday at about 70km from his Voi town, on a hired water bowser, to ensure the perched throats of countless animals were wetted.
Kenya earns billions of shillings from tourism, with many of the arrivals spending their time in conservancies, game reserves and on the sandy beaches in the Coast.
In 2018, tourism earned Kenya Sh157 billion as arrivals crossed the two million mark.
