Maasai man ***** a lioness that mauled his 105 goats

A Maasai man  stunned residents after he ****** a lioness that had mauled his 105 goats worth Ksh1 m***ion.

Kayooko Ole Kisemei, 45, w** lives in Olare Motorogi Conservancy in the Maasai Mara ************, told the press that two lions, a male and a female, invaded his goats pen at around 4am ******* the animals.

“I was asleep when I heard goats bleating in distress. I picked my spear and a torch and when I ***uminated a lioness turned to me and fearing for my life, I speared it ****,” he added.

Kisemei now wants compensation from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) saying it was the lions that invaded his **me.

“It is not the first time that these wild animals have ****** our livestock. We have complained to KWS but they have taken no action,” he lamented.

Area KWS ***den James Kilei, w** led the KWS officers to the scene, confirmed the ******** and termed it as unfortunate.

“It is true several goats were ****** by a stray lioness. We visited the area and found several carc***** of goat lying in the pen. The owner w*** be compensated accordingly,” he said.

Kilei said despite the fact that the farmer was defending himself from the wild cat, he s**uld fence his piece of land to avoid future occurrences.

“All pastoralists living near the park s**uld fence off their sheep/goats pens using wire mesh to ***e off the marauding lions and leopards w** roam around the area at night,” he said.

He added they have verif*** and taken details of the damage and shall for***d the same to the compensation committee w** w*** then take them to the head office for compensation process to commence.

Human-wildlife conflicts have been a common phenomenon in the area and recently hundreds of Maasai herders barricaded key roads to Maasai Mara National ************ in Narok over five **urs after over 100 sheep were ****** by hyenas.

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Conflicts  between  people  and  wildlife  currently  rank  amongst  the  main threats  to conservation  in  the country.

It  is  undoubt***y  evident  that  the  expansion  of  the  human  society  has forced people  to  infringe  into  wildlife  habitats  and  convert  land  to  other  uses incompatible  with  wildlife.  Human-wildlife conflicts negatively impact on the humans and wildlife alike.