Wildlife is one of the big foreign currency earners in Kenya

Wildlife is one of the big foreign currency earners in Kenya. Without wildlife tourism and hence income for many, the economy would collapse.

But some have wildlife in their home. Some try to protect themselves and their livestock, but predators are smart and often win.

You might think this is a safe fence
It isn’t that lions can jump surprisingly high, and spotted hyenas dig their way under the fence.

Once a predator gets into an enclosure and domestic animals can’t run like wild prey does, the killing instinct doesn’t stop until nothing moves. And that is causing immense losses to pastoralists

To reduce the retaliation mood, we decided to sponsor lights for a boma near Nairobi National Park.

The team: David Mascall – the lion man, Onesmus ole Irungu, safari guide and me, Elvira Wolfer, who is a mix of many things.