In East Africa, the blue wildebeest is the most abundant big game species and some populations perform an annual migration to new grazing grounds
but the black wildebeest is merely nomadic. Breeding in both takes place over a short period of time at the end of the rainy season and the
calves are soon active and are able to move with the herd. Nevertheless, some fall prey to large carnivores.
Wildebeest often graze in mixed herds with zebra which gives heightened awareness of potential predators.
They are also alert to the warning signals emitted by other animals such as baboons. Wildebeest are a tourist attraction but compete with
domesticated livestock for pasture and are sometimes blamed by farmers for transferring diseases and parasites to their cattle.
Some illegal hunting goes on but the population trend is fairly stable and some populations are in national parks or on private land
