Human-wildlife conflicts in the vast Kajiado County have slowly snowballed into a catastrophe in the past week, leaving 10 lions dead, 10 goats and a dog killed and the pain of dozens of human-wildlife years of uncompensated victims.
Saturday May 13, was a grim day for wildlife conservationists as six lions were speared to death by herders at Big Life Foundation's headquarters at Imbirikani Ranch in the Amboseli Ecosystem.
On Friday night, a pride of nine lions had wandered into a homestead near the town of Imbirikani and preyed on 12 goats and a dog before retreating to the fenced Big Life Foundation headquarters nearby.
But all hell broke loose on Saturday morning when a group of 60-80 moran youths armed with spears stormed the compound and speared the six helpless lions to death. In a video seen by , the accused youths can be seen pushing the lions into a bush and then spearing the docile wild cats to death... the animals' shrieks were drowned out by the screams of the attackers.
Nation has established that the group of youths had regrouped at dawn on Saturday, with the blessing of some local leaders, to retaliate. It was a pre-organised attack, with spies having previously pinpointed the Lion's location.
Obtained from: https://nation.africa/kenya/counties/kajiado/a-sh5-6-billion-compensation-claim-angry-locals-and-10-dead-lions-4238752
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