Loonkiito lived five years longer than the average lion in the wild. A conservation charity said the animal had become starved and desperate for food due to a drought in the area.
A 19-year-old male lion, believed to be one of the oldest in the world, was killed after trying to take livestock from a community in Kenya.
The animal, named Loonkiito, was born in 2004 and lived in the Amboseli-tsavo ecosystem - an area in Kenya that protects hundreds of species of wildlife and 1.3 million acres of land across four national parks. Conservation organisation Lion Guardians announced the lion's death on social media on Wednesday with"heavy hearts", adding that he was the"oldest male lion in our ecosystem and possibly in Africa".In the wild, lions are expected to live to between 10-14 years.
The charity explained that due to a drought in the area, wild prey had become harder to come by, meaning hunting for food was much trickier for lions. This led to the lion trying to take livestock from communities, which are already vigilant and protective about their remaining animals.
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