Photo: Mass Wildebeest Drowning: Were Tourists to Blame?

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Scores of wildebeest lay dead along the banks of the Mara River in Kenya in late September 2007, having washed downstream after a bizarre mass death that occurred after thousands of animals failed to ford the river safely.

The Kenya Wildlife Service and conservationists who work in the area are offering conflicting estimates as to how many animals died and why.

Photograph courtesy Terilyn Lemaire/Mara Conservancy/WildlifeDirect

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