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Paula Kahumbu

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Gender Female
Age 57
Date of birth June 25,1966
Zodiac sign Cancer
Born Nairobi
Kenya
Influenced by Richard Leakey
ThesisShimba Hills
Kenya
Education University of Bristol
Princeton University
University of Florida
BooksOwen & Mzee: The Language of Friendship
Owen & Mzee Books
Owen and Mzee: A Day Together
Nairobi National Park: The FONNAP Natural History Guide
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Paula Kahumbu is a wildlife conservationist and Chief Executive Officer of WildlifeDirect. She is best known as a campaigner for elephants and wildlife, spearheading the Hands Off Our Elephants Campaign, which was launched in 2014 with Kenyan First Lady Margaret Kenyatta.

Kenya: Wild lion Loonkiito, 'one of the world's oldest', killed

May 12,2023 2:11 pm

A wild male lion believed to be one of The World 's oldest has died after being speared by herders, authorities in Kenya have said.

Loonkiito, who was 19, died in Olkelunyiet village on Wednesday night after preying on livestock.

The Village borders Amboseli National Park - in southern Kenya.

Conservation group Lion Guardians said he was " the oldest male lion in our ecosystem and possibly in Africa". Most lions live to around 13 in The Wild .

Almost all lions live in Africa with a small population in India, according to.

Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) spokesperson Paul Jinaro told The Bbc The Lion was old and frail and wandered into The Village from The Park In Search of food.

Mr Jinaro could not confirm if he was the oldest lion in the country but noted he was " very old".

The Maasai-operated Lion Guardians group works to conserve The Lion population in Amboseli National Park , and said The End of a drought was " habitually marked by an uptick in human-lion conflict" as " wild prey recover and become more difficult to hunt".

" In desperation, lions often turn to take livestock, " it said.

It added The Killing of Loonkiito was a " tough situation for both sides, The People and The Lion " and eulogised him as " a symbol of resilience and coexistence".

Paula Kahumbu , a wildlife conservationist and chief executive officer of WildlifeDirect, said she was pained by The Killing of The Lion and called for measures to protect wildlife in the country.

" This is the Breaking Point for human-wildlife conflict and we need to do more as a country to preserve lions, which are facing extinction, " Ms Kahumbu told The Bbc .

The average lifespan of a lion is about 13 years in The Wild , although.

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