[HIGHLIGHTS] A group of shepherds killed the oldest wild lion in Africa in Kenya

A group of shepherds killed the oldest wild lion in Africa on Wednesday. The lion, known as Loonkito, was about to attack domestic livestock.

There are currently about 30,000 lions left in Africa, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Between 1993 and 2014, lion populations declined by 43 percent, mainly due to habitat loss and conflicts between these animals and communities, which sometimes poison or attack the cats to protect their livestock, the IUCN said.