Author: Antony Gitonga and Raymond Muthee

A hyena is captured strolling in a reserve [File/Standard] Forget lions as the kings of the jungle for a moment.  In the Aberdare forest, hyenas have taken up a new and rather shocking hobby: castrating buffaloes.  Yes, you read that right.  According to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), these cunning predators are no longer bringing down full-grown buffalo.  Instead, they’ve discovered a much easier (and far more brutal) tactic, targeting the low-hanging scrotum. KWS Director-General Dr. Erastus Kanga says the phenomenon is now a major conservation threat, with “tens of buffaloes” rendered reproductively useless over the past few months.  “The…

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