He said he has no choice but to graze them illegally. And he’s willing to risk a fine or even having his cattle – more than 100 of them – confiscated.

“We don’t have a place to go and our cows are dying so we see that it is the only place we can get grass,” said Parare.

“They have big ranches. Some places even nothing is going there. So we also like them to see our problem and see how they can help us in this time.”

Up the road, managers at Ol Pejeta say an estimated 6,000

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