Richard Turere was little when lions repeatedly broke into his family's cattle enclosure at night, killing livestock the Maasai family depended on for their livelihood. The attacks took place near the southern boundary of Nairobi National Park, where expanding settlements have long brought farmers and wildlife into conflict. Instead of accepting the losses or killing the lions, Turere began experimenting with ways to keep them away without harming them. What started as a simple attempt to protect his family's cattle eventually grew into an invention now used by farming communities across Africa and beyond.
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