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An overview is given of the changing role of the tsetse fly in the conservation of wildlife and wild ecosystems in East Africa in light of future projections of human population growth and increasing levels of conflict between wildlife and livestock. Conventional wisdom that the tsetse fly is "Africa's best conservationist" is challenged as a result of the recent massive invasion of Akagera Park by livestock. An argument is also made for the inevitable conflict between conservation and utilisation of unprotected wildlife habitats related to technical advances in effective tsetse control. These ongoing changes in the landscape ecology of East Africa suggest that livestock development may no longer be accepted as an end unto itself without critical assessment of other alternatives for African rural development.