At least three villagers are reported to have been killed in eastern Kenya by lions besieging villages in an attempt to find their offspring.

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Local politicians have called on the Kenyan government to help protect residents from the lions and to compensate the families of the victims. They have also suggested cross-border meetings with Somali community leaders in an attempt to secure the release of the cubs and prevent further kidnappings.

Officials from the Kenya Wildlife Service have twice tried to retrieve the cubs from the Somali militiamen. But their attempts at negotiation have been rebuffed. It is claimed the militiamen demanded a ransom for the return of the cubs.

Go lions! Bite back’s a bitch. OK, OK, so it’s not those villagers fault but hey they could have helped protect lions to begin with or created enough fuss that the problem was dealt with before lions decided to take action. I’m fully behind the lions, their cubs were cat-napped after all. I know if my daughter was taken I’d be on the war path and people would be bitten/shot/hung/water ballooned. It’s so cool that these animals decided to search for their little ones.

I’m hoping this ends well and the lions get the cubs back and those that took them get a nice long prision term. Or even better, eaten.

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