Cameroon Villagers Flee Lion Attacks Amid Human-Wildlife Conflict

Villagers in southern Cameroon are relocating following a series of lion attacks on their livestock. Cameroon authorities and wildlife conservationists are warning about the growing threat to endangered animals from human-wildlife conflict. Forty-five-year-old rancher Ali Sambo, his wife, and three children fled their village of Djole on Saturday after lions attacked. He said the lions killed 53 of their cows within two weeks in the villages of Adimbi, Djole and Djinga. He said he does...

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