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Alarm as wildebeests' stay in the Mara shorten threatening tourism

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Wildebeests in Maasai Mara Game Reserve. [File, Standard]

The huffing and snorting of wildebeests will light up tourism in the Maasai Mara game reserve for the next two months, attracting throngs of tourists to Narok County.

The millions of wildebeests, also known as gnus, accompanied by zebras, are poised to stampede across the Sand River, a tributary at the Kenya-Tanzania border, into the Mara, kicking off the annual peak season for tourism.

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