More human and wildlife conflict
Source: https://www.tuko.co.ke/298107-17-ye...by-hyena-parents-watch-helplessly.html#298107
17-year-old Laikipia boy mauled to death by hyena as parents watch helplessly
- The boy is said to have been preparing to leave for school when the beast stormed their home
- His parents tried to rescue him but were also attacked and injured by the hyena
- Neighbours responded to their distress call but the hyena kept charging at them
- The beast is said to be among wild animals driven out of the forest by wildfires
Residents of Leleshwa village in Laikipia county were left in shock as they helplessly watched a rogue hyena tearing apart a 17-year-old boy to death. The young man is said to have been preparing to leave for school at around 5am when the beast stormed their house attacking him.
His father who was sleeping in his room and the mother who was preparing breakfast were seriously injured by the hyena as they responded to his screams, the Standard reported. According to one of the villagers, they responded to distress call by the boy's parents but the hyena kept charging at them whenever they tried to hit it.
“Villagers answered to distress calls and would hit the animal but it kept charging at them with jaws dripping human blood,” said Edward Chege."
"The people then retreated giving animal a chance to dig its jaws back in the boy who kept screaming," he added."
Officials from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), who visited the family attributed the attack to a recent fire at the Laikipia Nature Conservancy for driving wild animals out of the conservancy. The KWS warden in charge of Laikipia West, Mohammed Madela, said the wild animals have now encroached human settlement and that they had received numerous complaints.
“The animals are now living in Lariak forest, a kilometre from the home of the victims,” he said."
He noted officers had been deployed in the area to relocate the stray animals back to the parks. while the boy's parents were admitted at Nyahururu County Referral hospital.
Source: https://www.tuko.co.ke/298107-17-ye...by-hyena-parents-watch-helplessly.html#298107
17-year-old Laikipia boy mauled to death by hyena as parents watch helplessly
- The boy is said to have been preparing to leave for school when the beast stormed their home
- His parents tried to rescue him but were also attacked and injured by the hyena
- Neighbours responded to their distress call but the hyena kept charging at them
- The beast is said to be among wild animals driven out of the forest by wildfires
Residents of Leleshwa village in Laikipia county were left in shock as they helplessly watched a rogue hyena tearing apart a 17-year-old boy to death. The young man is said to have been preparing to leave for school at around 5am when the beast stormed their house attacking him.
His father who was sleeping in his room and the mother who was preparing breakfast were seriously injured by the hyena as they responded to his screams, the Standard reported. According to one of the villagers, they responded to distress call by the boy's parents but the hyena kept charging at them whenever they tried to hit it.
“Villagers answered to distress calls and would hit the animal but it kept charging at them with jaws dripping human blood,” said Edward Chege."
"The people then retreated giving animal a chance to dig its jaws back in the boy who kept screaming," he added."
Officials from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), who visited the family attributed the attack to a recent fire at the Laikipia Nature Conservancy for driving wild animals out of the conservancy. The KWS warden in charge of Laikipia West, Mohammed Madela, said the wild animals have now encroached human settlement and that they had received numerous complaints.
“The animals are now living in Lariak forest, a kilometre from the home of the victims,” he said."
He noted officers had been deployed in the area to relocate the stray animals back to the parks. while the boy's parents were admitted at Nyahururu County Referral hospital.