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He lives alongside lions in Nairobi. The human-wildlife collision is dazzling - and dangerous
Kenya Wildlife Service faces challenges protecting over 2,000 lions and residents as urban expansion reduces lion habitats, increasing attacks and prompting a $5 billion corridor plan.
- This year, a girl named Peace Mwende was killed by a lion less than a kilometre from Khaled Kazziha's home in Nairobi, and she was 14, the same age as his youngest daughter.
- Development-Driven habitat loss prompted a nearly $5 billion plan to link Nairobi with southern conservancies, as residential and industrial developments near Nairobi outskirts increase lion attack risks.
- Checking the dog, the author's wife recently spotted a lioness under a bush less than 10 yards from their garden, while children in Nairobi grow up amid free-roaming lions.
- Kenya Wildlife Service says lions that kill humans are shot to prevent recurrence, but gaps in public awareness on predator behaviour among increasingly urban communities complicate safety efforts.
- With just over 2,000 lions left in Kenya, officials and residents urge workable solutions as KWS faces a conservation headache balancing people and endangered wildlife.
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He lives alongside lions in Nairobi. The human-wildlife collision is dazzling — and dangerous
The Kenyan capital Nairobi is renowned for having the only national park in a city. The wildlife in it roams freely, migrating in and out through the unfenced southern border, even as residential neighbourhoods are growing in that area, due to the city’s spread.
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Leaning Left5Leaning Right3Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution42% Left
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