'Legendary' lion Loonkito, one of the world's oldest, speared by herders in Kenya

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'Legendary' lion Loonkito, one of the world's oldest, speared by herders in Kenya
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A Kenyan lion believed to have been the world's oldest in the wild has died after being speared by herders when he reportedly strayed into a livestock pen

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Loonkito, an iconic 19-year-old male lion, was speared to death by Maasai morans after straying into a livestock pen in the outskirts of the famed Amboseli National Park, Kenya Wildlife Service spokesman Paul Jinaro told AFP.

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