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The government and conservation groups have a compensation program for herders whose livestock is killed by wild animals.

Tourism minister Peninah Malonza met locals in Mbirikani area on May 14 and urged them not to spear wandering lions and to instead reach out to the wildlife service. The deaths brought to 10 the number of lions killed by herders last week in escalated human-wildlife conflict that has worried the government. Six other lions from the same national park were speared by herders after they killed 11 goats in Mbirikani area, Kajiado county. The male lion named Loonkiito was 19 years old and was described as frail by Kenya Wildlife Service spokesperson Paul Jinaro, who said it wandered out of the Amboseli national park into a village in search of food on the night of May 11. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - One of Kenya’s oldest wild lions was killed by herders and the government has expressed concern as six more lions were speared at another village on May 13, bringing to 10 the number killed last week alone.