After over a dozen lions were recently killed after attacking cattle, Kenyan government representatives have visited herder communities in the southwest.
In the midst of growing human-wildlife confrontations that resulted in the murder of 11 lions by herders living close to the Amboseli National Park, the officials—including the tourism minister and Kenya Wildlife Service officials—met with people of the Mbirikani ranch.
Peninah Malonza, the minister, stated that the government was making efforts to guarantee that any outstanding claims by the neighborhood for financial compensation for wildlife assaults were resolved.
Even though their worries were being handled, she advised the locals to adopt a “peaceful and harmonious co-existence with wildlife”.
One of the oldest lions in the nation was among those killed, and their deaths have been considered as a blow to conservation efforts and the
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