New Public Road to Split the Serengeti?: "The Tanzanian government is moving forward with plans to build a public road through Serengeti National Park, despite conservationists' concerns that commercial traffic will disrupt the annual wildebeest migration and allow poachers better access into the park.
During the migration, more than a million wildebeest follow a circular path through the Serengeti and up into Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya, chasing grass and water as the seasons change. (Watch video previews of Great Migrations, a new series airing soon on the National Geographic Channel.)
'Creating a commercial road through such a natural environment—where millions of wildebeest migrate annually—will be an intrusion in the natural habitat, so much so that the level of stress [among the animals] will be tremendous,' said Steven Kiruswa, the Maasai Steppe Heartland Director at the African Wildlife Foundation."
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