Nairobi national park

Nairobi National Park is the oldest park in Kenya, it was gazetted in 1946. The only fenced-off parts are the areas closest to the city. In the 20th century as Nairobi grew conflicts between humans and animals increased. Carrying guns at night became normal for the residents in the city. Zebras and other such animals would ruin and destroy vegetable gardens and flower beds. The colonial government set aside the west and south of Nairobi as a game reserve since that's where the animals originated from. This area later became the Nairobi National Park. The park is only 4.3 or (7km) away from the city of Nairobi being the closest national park in the world to a city! Because of this, there are no elephants in this park, they were moved out of this area for their own protection, to reduce animal and human conflict this is one of two parks that does not have elephants Lake Nakuru being the other.