EDITORIAL Human-wildlife conflict should be addressed

The Human-wildlife conflict seem not to end any time soon as it stands. The issue of blame game usually take center stage whenever such instances occur.

For instance recently six stray lions were killed after they killed 11 goats in a remote village in Kajiado South.

It is alleged that the lions sneaked out of the Amboseli conservancy in search of food and that is how they ended up in one of the homestead a few kilometers and killed the goats.

On revenge mission the herders followed them into the conservancy and killed them for invading their territory.

For the herders the revenge mission was the only option to teach the big cat a lesson contrary to Kenya Wildlife Service who swung into action and arrested the suspects for killing the said lions.

As they say there is always two sides of the coin. Suppose those tasked to man the conservancy monitored the animals and perhaps prevented them from leaving the conservancy. What about if the herders alerted the authority about the invasion. Would these lions which are on verge of extinction be killed in such a senseless manner?

Whenever such conflicts occur how sooner or faster do the authorities respond? How long does it take for the victims to be compensated whenever their domestic animals are killed and some unfortunate incidents when people lose lives as a result of attacks from wild animals?

To avoid such occurrence, those given the mandate to look after the wlld animals should ensure they are always under their watch. For cases of compensation the relevant authorities should speed up the process and those affected get compensated on time.