Three children were looking for their parents’ cattle and were eaten by lions

Three children were killed near the nature reserve of the Ngorongoro, in Tanzania, after being assaulted while miners searched for lost livestock.

The children, aged 9 to 11, had just returned from school and traveled to a forest near the Ngorongoro Conservation Area to search for the animals, he said. Justine masejo, police chief of Arusha, to the AFP news agency.

“There the lions attacked and killed the three children, and they hurt another“he added.

Located in northern Tanzania, Ngorongoro, a crater in the world known for its landscapes and its wildlife, it is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Masejo urged neighboring communities to “beware of wild animals, especially when they are parents ask their children to take care of the livestock“.

Tanzania allows pastoralists to live in national parks and graze their livestock close to wildlife. But human-animal conflicts, especially with lions and elephants, They are frequent, since they sometimes attack the inhabitants, their cattle or destroy their crops.

Last year, Tanzania removed 36 lions from Serengeti National Park, near that of Ngorongoro, after attacks on humans and livestock.