Kenyan man likely attacked by lion while riding a motorcycle
Police in Kenya have recovered the body of a man believed to have been attacked by a lion while he was riding a motorcycle near a national reserve in the south of the country.
Police were notified by community members of an abandoned motorcycle along a road near the Marere forested area near the Shimba Hills National Reserve.
Officers saw lion footprints that led from the motorcycle to a thicket where they found the remains of an unknown dead man.
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A lion in the wild in Kenya. iStock
The lion population was declining in Kenya just over a decade ago, primarily due to human-wildlife conflict.
The government listed lions as endangered, with an estimated population of 2000 in 2010.
A more recent survey put the number at 2489.
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