Overview

• A 14-year-old girl was killed by a lioness at Savannah Ranch near Nairobi National Park; her body was recovered by Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) rangers after bloodstains were traced to the Mbagathi River.
• In a separate incident, a 54-year-old man was fatally attacked by an elephant in Nyeri County while grazing livestock in a forest, sustaining severe injuries before being declared dead at a hospital.
• KWS has deployed traps and response teams to locate the lioness and is implementing additional security measures, including electric fencing and AI-powered early warning systems to protect communities near wildlife areas.
• Preliminary investigations suggest both attacks are linked to ecological pressures, such as habitat encroachment and prey scarcity, which disrupt animal behavior and increase the risk of human-wildlife conflict.
• Conservationists, including Paula Kahumbu of WildlifeDirect, are urging improved risk assessments, real-time wildlife monitoring, and community collaboration to mitigate future incidents.