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| Father killed saving son from hyena Published on 08/12/2009 The mud and wattle hut stands wobbly, with stones piled to hold together the polythene sheets that serve as its roof. It seems solid enough to keep its dwellers out of harm’s way – at least from the vagaries of nature. But natural elements in Kajiado district include wild animals, which locals have learned to tolerate, in spite of their constant, and at times, threatening menace. That was what the John Keroket Lengiok household believed, until last April when, in the dead of night, they were roused from sleep by piercing screams from one of the huts. It was a hyena’s howl but this was no cause for alarm as they were accustomed to them. The worst it could do was to attack the livestock. Or so they thought. The family dogs barked at the intruder, and for a while, everything was quiet. Unknown to them, the hyena had skirted around the sheds holding cows and goats and sidled up to one of the houses and quietly found a way through the thorny braches forming the fence. The events of that night changed the course of the large family of 18 children and three wives. Seven year-old John Sangiti was sleeping with two of his siblings when the hyena broke through the cordon of thorns and thistles thrown around the entrance. The eldest boy tried to ward it off but soon saw that this was a losing battle and sought refuge in the rafters. Read More |
| Manyatta Where Attack Occurred |
| Boy Attacked by Hyena |