Manyattas get lights and fences to deter big cats

Mathew ole Ntaiya inside his predator-proof boma at the Olderkesi community wildlife conservancy near the Masai Mara Game Reserve. [Robert Kiplagat, Standard]

Pastoralists in Narok County have long counted their wealth in terms of the number of cows, goats and sheep that they own.

Those who live in villages around the Maasai Mara Game Reserve have been known to go to great lengths to protect their livestock from predators that stalk the grasslands in search of a meal.