{"id":2169700,"date":"2024-02-06T19:30:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T00:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kenya-wildlife-services-confirms-fatal-hyena-attack-student-protests-for-campus-safety\/"},"modified":"2024-02-06T19:32:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T00:32:30","slug":"kenya-wildlife-services-confirms-fatal-hyena-attack-student-protests-for-campus-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kenya-wildlife-services-confirms-fatal-hyena-attack-student-protests-for-campus-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya Wildlife Services confirms deadly hyena attack; student protests for campus safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkenya-wildlife-services-confirms-fatal-hyena-attack-student-protests-for-campus-safety%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2169700&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">NAIROBI, KENYA \u2013 \u2062DECEMBER \u206411:  A Spotted Hyenas walks through\u2064 grassland \u200don December 11, 2007 \u200cin the Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.  \u200c(Photo by Dan \u200cKitwood\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>4:27 PM \u2063\u2013 Tuesday, February\u200b 6, 2024<\/h2>\n<p>The Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) \u2064announced that one person was killed and \u200dtwo\u2062 people were severely \u200binjured by a hyena near a university in Rongai,\u200d Kenya, prompting student protests calling for heightened \u200csafety measures on campus.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>After the murder of a man and \u2062the \u200cinjuries\u2063 of\u2062 two others by roving hyenas close to a university outside of Nairobi, \u200dKenya\u2019s capital, \u200chundreds of students from the \u2062institution blocked\u200d the streets \u2064in protest of what they perceived as\u200c inadequate security. <\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, \u2063the aggravated \u2063university students protested and\u2062 caused traffic disruptions\u2064 there\u200c while police\u2064 dispersed them with tear\u200d gas. They blocked Magadi Road with rocks and started bonfires,\u2063 making it impossible\u200c to travel.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe university is not safe because we are near the national park,\u201d said Ochieng Kefah, a student at Kenya\u2019s Multimedia\u200d University, who was one of the student demonstrators. \u201cThe \u2063government should, maybe, put some restrictions on the \u2064movement of the animals.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Monday night around 8:00 p.m., hyenas attacked the individuals, killing one person\u2064 and injuring two others in the Ole Kasasi area\u2062 of Rongai,\u200b Kajiado County.<\/p>\n<p>A student at Kenya\u2019s Multimedia University was among the injured when the \u200chyenas attacked him.<\/p>\n<p>The wounded student \u2064was identified as an engineering student named Kevin Mwendwa, 21, who lost \u2062a \u2063thumb in\u200b the incident.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cUpon receiving reports, KWS promptly deployed the Problem Animal Management Unit \u200b(PAMU), who rushed the men to Wema \u2062Hospital in Rongai. The injured were\u200c then \u200dreferred to The Kenyatta\u200b National Hospital for \u2064specialized treatment after First Aid was administered,\u201d a \u2063statement from authorities read.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Kenya Wildlife Service reported that a team dispatched to investigate the scene of Monday\u2019s attack discovered the \u2063body parts of \u2063another hyena victim.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Romo, the second individual attacked by \u2063the hyena, was identified shortly after.\u2063 He is a\u2062 resident of Olmeut village in\u200c Ongata Rongai. However,\u200b he ultimately became the animal\u2019s victim, suffering \u200dsevere wounds \u2064as a\u200c result of the attack.<\/p>\n<p>The PAMU team from KWS killed \u200bone hyena shortly \u2063after the attack and began searching \u200bfor any other nearby hyena dens. In order to discover \u200cwhether \u200bthe hyena carcass is contaminated with rabies or \u200cother\u200b diseases, a veterinary team is investigating.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, Anthony Pasha was\u2062 identified as the individual who \u2064was killed. According to his \u200bfamily, he\u200d was killed \u200dwhile \u200cgathering firewood nearby.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe hyena came, it attacked \u2064him, chased\u2063 him from\u2064 the forest, put him down here,\u201d Kaaji Lesian, who is Pasha\u2019s\u2062 cousin, told the press. \u201cHe left his firewood exactly where you \u200dare seeing\u2064 them \u2026 \u200ddown there.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Senior KWS officers convened an emergency meeting with the university\u2019s Vice-Chancellor\u2064 Professor and \u200bher \u2062team as the \u200cTuesday protests intensified.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cKWS Senior Assistant\u200c Director for Southern Conservation Area Adan\u200b Kalla, MMU Vice-Chancellor \u2062Professor Maranga, and OCPD Rongai addressed the agitated\u200b students, and\u200b KWS outlined mitigation measures taken to \u2062contain the hyenas,\u201d \u2063the statement said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The\u2063 commonality of hyena attacks on Nairobi\u2019s outskirts has increased, leading KWS to \u2063publish guidelines \u2064on what\u2062 to do if you come\u2063 under attack by the animals.  <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIf faced with a hyena, do not move away until it does and continue facing \u200bits direction. 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