Migrating Animals in the Serengeti Park
Do you love observing animals? If you do, I’m sure you want to visit the Serengeti National Park in Africa! Do you know what is interesting about the place?
The Serengeti is the last place in Africa where you can find large herds roaming across the grassy plains. The lions are most numerous and most handsome in Africa, according to Dr. Bernhard and Michael Grzimek – “Serengeti Shall Not Die” – May 1968. In the year 1950’s, Dr. Grzimek, a Director of the Frankfurt Zoo and Professor of Veterinary Science and his son Michael were worried that Serengeti will be used for agriculture if not controlled, after they leant how to fly a plane, they followed the migration route to know where to make the park boundary and convince the British government to make Serengeti into a National Park to protect the animals. So they succeeded!
Today, many want to visit Serengeti because of the constantly migration of animals between Serengeti and Masai Mara ecosystem. The word “Serengeti” comes from a Maasai word “Siringit” which means “endless plains”. It was extended over 5,700 square miles and supports over four million mammals and birds. This is the greatest concentration of wildlife on the planet!