Residents of Naivasha’s Eburru village have threatened to hunt down and kill hippos and elephants if the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) fails to restrain the wild animals.
The residents claim that the beasts are causing havoc in the village by killing their kin, cattle and destroying crops.
The locals further claim that the number of men being killed by the wild animals have risen in the last one month.
Pauline Kariuki, a local, told our reporter that men are being wiped out by animals that attack them at night as they guard their cattle.
“We are losing our husbands to hippos and elephants,” she said.
The residents, mainly women, led peaceful demonstrations on Wednesday and Thursday, demanding the urgent intervention of KWS.
The protestors complained that while men in some regions in Kenya are losing their lives to alcohol, their menfolk are threatened by rogue hippos and elephants.
But while speaking in Naivasha early this month during a tour of Lake Nakuru national park, KWS director William Kiprono said appropriate measures are being taken to end the human-wildlife conflict.
KWS boss said measures being taken include constructing electric fences and walls around national parks, sanctuaries and conservancies.